2 Chronicles 9:5

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

In Context

4and the food of his table, and the seats of his servants, and the standing of his attendants, with their apparel, and his cupbearers, and their apparel, and his ascent whereby he used to ascend the house of Yahweh, then was there in her no more spirit.

6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I had come and mine own eyes had seen, when lo! there had not been told me, the half of the fulness of thy wisdom,—thou dost exceed the report which I heard.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:6And she said unto the king, True, was the word which I heard in mine own land,—concerning thine affairs, and concerning thy wisdom.

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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