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2 Chronicles 9:1 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 9 · verse 1
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.2 Chronicles 9:1 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 9:1 in context
1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- questionschîydâha puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maximH2420 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- queenmalkâha queenH4436 →
- ShebaShᵉbâʼSheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian districtH7614 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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This passage of story had been largely considered in the Kings; yet, because our Saviour has proposed it as an example to us in our enquiries after him (Mat 12:42), we must not pass it over without observing briefly, 1. Those who honour God he will honour, Sa1 2:30.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12