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2 Chronicles 9:6

I did not believe what I heard until I came here, and now my eyes have seen it. Not half was told me about your wisdom and wealth! You have exceeded the fame that I heard about.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5She said to the king, “It is true, the report that I heard in my own land of your words and your wisdom.

7How blessed are your people, and how blessed are your servants who constantly stand before you, because they hear your wisdom. + 9:7 Some versions have, How blessed are your wives , assuming that the text should read as in 1 Kings 10:8.

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:34People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon. They came from all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

2 Chronicles 9:5She said to the king, “It is true, the report that I heard in my own land of your words and your wisdom.

Song of Solomon 5:9How is your beloved better than another beloved man, 1 most beautiful among women? 1 Why is your beloved better than another beloved, 1 that you ask us to take an oath like this? The woman speaking to the women of the city 1

John 20:25The other disciples later said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” He said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.

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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