1 Kings 10:7

Contextual Overview

¹When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD , she came to test him with hard questions. ¹ When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord , she came to test Solomon with hard questions. ¹Now the queen of Sheba heard the report about Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh. So she came to test him with riddles. ¹ Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. ¹ And the queene of Saba hearing the fame of Solomon (concerning the name of the Lord) came to proue him with harde questions. ¹ And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon as to the name of Jehovah, and she came to test him with hard questions. ¹ The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, so she came to test him with hard questions. ¹ Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions. ¹ When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions. ¹ And when the Queene of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, concerning the Name of the Lord; shee came to prooue him with hard questions.

Bible Verse Review
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I believed: Isaiah 64:4, Zechariah 9:17, Mark 16:11, John 20:25-29, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 3:2

thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 9:6 - the one half Ecclesiastes 1:16 - Lo Ecclesiastes 2:9 - General Matthew 12:42 - hear

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that went around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:11
The name of ye first is Pison, the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Hauilah, where there is golde:

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river was Pishon. This river flowed around the entire country of Havilah.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:11
The name of the o ryuer is Fyson, thilke it is that cumpassith al the lond of Euilath, where gold cometh forth,

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it,.... That is, she did not believe the whole of what was related to her; somewhat of it she credited, and supposed there was something grand and extraordinary in it, or she would never have taken such a journey; but she did not believe that all could be true; she thought things were too much magnified:

and, behold, the half was not told me; of what she now saw and heard:

thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard; the inward endowments of his mind, and the outward magnificence of his court, exceeded the relation of them to her; they were beyond expression, they were so great that reporters could not hyperbolize upon them, nor even come up to them in their account of them, and in which yet men are apt to exceed.