1 Kings 10:7

Contextual Overview

¹The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame connected with the name of the Lord and came to test him with riddles. ¹ When the queen of Sheva heard of the fame of Shlomo concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. 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. 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 about Solomon, she came to test him with hard questions. ¹ When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. ¹Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with riddles. ¹ Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon in relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with riddles. ¹ And the Queene of Sheba hearing ye fame of Salomon (concerning the Name of the Lord) came to proue him 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.

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 Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, 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;

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is the Pishon. It went around all the land of Havilah, where there is gold.

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

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

Genesis 2:11
The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire 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 one is Pishon: the same compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where is golde.

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 first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah,

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.