2 Chronicles 9:7

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

In Context

6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me; thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

8Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on His throne, to be king for the LORD thy God; because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made He thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.'

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Psalms 84:10(84-11) For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Proverbs 3:14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many; but the foolish die for want of understanding.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:2-13

The Queen of Sheba Visit Solomon. ( b. c. 992.) 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 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon,… Read the whole commentary →

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