To Foppa's ancient Haven thence they bring, Thofe menial Angels who attend and gaze! Those wide and everlasting Gates admire! Ten Splendid Lamps of Ophir's Gold refin'd, And Ifrael's Sons in feftal Hymns rejoyce: A Prefent Deity by all confefs'd, } Trembling, their Fathers God they call, adoring, CLXII. I KINGS, Chap. V, VI, VII. Ch. VIII. from Ver. 15. to the End. 2 CHRON. Chap. VII. to Ver. 3. 343 Chap. VIII. Ver. 22. Solomon Stood before the ar of the Lord, in the prefence of all the congregation of Ifrael, and Spread forth his hands towards heaven: 23. And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath,&c. 54. And when he had made an end of praying all this prayer and fupplication unto the Lord,be arofe from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees, with his hands fpread up to heaven. 55. And he stood and bleffed all the congregation of Ifrael with a loud voice, &c. CLXIII. makes The Queen of Sheba vifits Solomon ; propounds Questions to him Prefents to him, and receives from him. Ttracted by the Hebrew Monarch's Fame, Rich Sheba's Queen from blefs'd Arabia came: Prepar'd, as was the Custom of her Age, To prove his Skill with Problems Deep and Sage : How fplendid was her Train, how vaft her' Store? What Caravans of Camels Spices bore, What precious Gems and Heaps of shining Ore? And ftruck with awe, cou'd fcarce her Doubts propound : But when she heard the Prince with ease explain, When CLXIII. I KINGS, Chap. X. from Ver. 1. to to Ver. 14. 345 Ver. When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, concerning the name of the Lord, fhe came to prove him with hard questions. 2. And he came to Jerufalem with a very great train, with camels that bare fpices, and very much gold, and precious ftones: and when she was come to Solomon, he communed with him of all that was in her beart. 3. And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. |