Counsellors. I never decide any affair till I have conferred with you. 133 They said,

We are strong and our prowess in battle is great, but the decision is in your hands, so consider what you will command.' 34 She said, 'Surely, when mighty kings: invade a country, they despoil it and humiliate its noblest inhabitants these men will do the same 35 but I shall send them a present and see with what reply my envoys will return./owl

So when [the envoy] came to Solomon he said, 'What! Are you offering me wealth? But that which God has given me is better than that which He has given you. Yet you rejoice in your gift.