2 Chronicles 9:1
And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and she had camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
2And Solomon told her all her words; and there passed not a word from Solomon which he told her not.
Cross References
Genesis 10:28and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
1 Samuel 1:15And Hannah answered and said, Nay, my lord, I live in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.
1 Kings 10:1And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
2 Chronicles 1:12I give thee this wisdom and understanding; and I will give thee wealth, and riches, and glory, so that there shall not have been any like thee among the kings before thee, neither shall there be such after thee.
Psalms 49:4He shall summon the heaven above, 1 And the earth, that he may judge his people. 1
Psalms 72:15If I said, I will speak thus; 1 Behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children. 1
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 →