2 Chronicles 9:1

And when the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to try him with hard questions at Jerusalem, with great riches, and camels, which carried spices, and abundance of gold, and precious stones. And when she was come to Solomon, she proposed to him all that was in her heart.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And Solomon explained to her all that she proposed: and there was not any thing that he did not make clear unto her.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:28And Ebal, and Abimael, Saba,

1 Samuel 1:15Anna answering, said: Not so, my lord: for I am an exceeding unhappy woman, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Kings 10:1And the queen of Saba, having; heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions.

2 Chronicles 1:12Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee.

Psalms 49:4My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.

Psalms 72:15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia, for him they shall always adore: they shall bless him all the day.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:1

Solomon here continues to appear great both at home and abroad. We had this account of his grandeur, 1 Kings x. Nothing is here added; but his defection towards his latter end, which we have there ( ch. xi. ), is here omitted, and the close of this chapter brings him to the grave with an unstained reputation. Perhaps none of the chapters in the Chronicles agree so much with a chapter in the Kings as this does with 1 Kings x. verse for verse, only that the first two verses there are put into one here, and verse 25… Read the whole commentary →

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