2 Chronicles 9:7

Blessed be thy men, and blessed be thy servants, these that stand before thee in all time (or these who always stand in thy presence), and hear thy wisdom.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

In Context

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).

8Blessed be the Lord God, that would ordain thee on his throne king of the people of the Lord thy God; truly for God loveth Israel, and will save him without end, therefore he hath set thee king upon him, that thou do dooms and rightfulness. (Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath ordained thee upon his throne to be the king of the people of the Lord thy God; for God truly loveth Israel, and will save them forevermore, and so he hath set thee to be king upon them, so that thou can give them judgements and laws.)

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:8Thy men be blessed, and thy servants be blessed, these that stand before thee ever [more], (or those who stand before thee forevermore), and hear thy wisdom.

Psalms 84:10For why one day in thine halls is better; than a thousand (elsewhere). I choose to be abject, either an outcast, in the house of my God; more than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners. (For one day in thy courtyards, is better than a thousand days elsewhere. I would rather choose to be a doorkeeper in the House of my God; than to live in the tents, or in the homes, of the sinners.)

Proverbs 3:14The getting thereof is better than the merchandise of gold and of silver; the fruits thereof be the first and the cleanest.

Proverbs 10:21The lips of a just man teach full many men; but they that be unlearned shall die in neediness of heart. (The lips of the righteous teach a great many people; but they who be ignorant, shall die without any understanding.)

Luke 10:39And to this was a sister, Mary by name, which also sat beside the feet of the Lord, and heard his word (s).

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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