1 Kings 10:7

Howbeit I believed not the words, until that I had come and mine own eyes had seen, and lo! there had not been told me, the half,—thou dost exceed, in wisdom and prosperity, even the report which I heard!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

In Context

6And she said unto the king, True, was the word which I heard in mine own land,—concerning thine affairs, and concerning thy wisdom.

8How happy, are thy wives, how happy, are these thy servants,—who do stand before thee continually, who hear thy wisdom!

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Cross References

Isaiah 64:4Although from age-past times It was never heard, It was not perceived by the ear,—Neither did, the eye, ever see—That, a god besides thee, could work for the man who waited for him,

Mark 16:11And, they, hearing that he was living, and had been looked upon by her, disbelieved.

1 Corinthians 2:9But, even as it is written—The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and upon the heart of man have not come up,—whatsoever things God hath prepared for them that love him,

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:2-14

Visit of the Queen of Sheba. ( b. c. 990.) 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord , she came to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 4 And when the queen… Read the whole commentary →

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