1 Kings 10:8
How happy, are thy wives, how happy, are these thy servants,—who do stand before thee continually, who hear thy wisdom!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Kings 12:6Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who used to stand before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, saying,—How do, ye, advise, that I answer this people?
Proverbs 3:13How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous, feed multitudes, but, the foolish, for lack of sense, shall die.
Luke 10:39And, she, had a sister, called Mary, who also, seating herself at the feet of the Lord, was hearing his word.
Luke 11:31The queen of the south, will rise up, in the judgment, with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; because she came out of the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,—and lo! something more than Solomon, here.
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 →