2 Chronicles 9:5

And she said to the king, The word is true, which I heard in my land, of thy virtues (or of thy works, or thy deeds), and [of thy] wisdom;

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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

4also and the meats of his board (or and also the food on his table), and the dwelling places of his servants, and the offices of his ministers, and the clothes of them, and the butlers, and their clothes, and the sacrifices which he offered in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit (left) in her for wondering, for these things passed her understanding.

6I believed not to [the] tellers, till I myself had come, and mine eyes had seen, and I had proved that scarcely the half of thy wisdom was told to me; thou hast overcome, or (sur) passed, the fame by thy virtues, (or thou hast even surpassed the reports that I heard).

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:6And she said to the king, The word is true, that I heard in my land, of thy words, and of 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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