2 Chronicles 9:7

The men who work for you are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!

Translation for Translators

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

6But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me.

8Praise Yahweh your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by appointing you to be the king of Israel for him. God has always loved the Israeli people, and desires to assist them forever, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:8Your wives are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!

Psalms 84:10For me, spending one day in your temple is better than spending 1,000 days somewhere else; standing at the entrance to your temple, ready to go inside, is better than living in the tents/homes where wicked people live.

Proverbs 3:14Being wise and having good understanding is worth more than silver, better than gold.

Proverbs 10:21What righteous people say [MTY] benefits many people, but foolish people die because of the stupid things that they do.

Luke 10:39Her younger sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.

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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