1 Kings 10:9

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Now 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. ²She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan, with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind. ³And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain. ⁴When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built, ⁵the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away. ⁶She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true. ⁷But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard. ⁸How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! ⁹Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness."¹⁰Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Bible Verse Review
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Blessed: 1 Kings 5:7, Psalms 72:17-19

delighteth: Psalms 18:19, Psalms 22:8, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 62:4

because the: Deuteronomy 7:8, 1 Chronicles 17:22, 2 Chronicles 2:11

to do: 2 Samuel 8:15, 2 Samuel 23:3, Psalms 72:2, Proverbs 8:15, Proverbs 8:16, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:4, Isaiah 11:5, Isaiah 32:1, Isaiah 32:2, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:8 - delight 2 Samuel 5:12 - his people 2 Samuel 15:26 - General 1 Kings 2:24 - set me 2 Kings 9:6 - over the people 1 Chronicles 14:2 - because 2 Chronicles 9:8 - General Isaiah 16:5 - judging Jeremiah 22:15 - and do Jeremiah 52:3 - through

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and afterward as well, when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:11
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Genesis 27:30
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father's presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

2 Chronicles 28:22
In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

Psalms 52:7
"Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction."

Jeremiah 16:16
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.

Ezekiel 13:18
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?

Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with a net.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed be the Lord thy God,.... Of whom she might have better notions than when she came out of her own country:

which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; loved him with a love of complacency and delight, was Jedidiah, as he called him, beloved of the Lord, and therefore he chose him and preferred him to be king before his elder brother:

because the Lord loved Israel for ever; to establish them as a kingdom for ever as they were, so long as obedient to him; see 2 Chronicles 9:8,

therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice; not merely for the sake of honour and glory, much less to indulge to pleasure and luxury, and still less to oppression and tyranny; but to administer justice and judgment to the people, which is the principal end of government; see Psalms 72:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed be the Lord thy God - This acknowledgment of Yahweh falls below the confessions of Hiram 2 Chronicles 2:12 and Cyrus Ezra 1:3. It does not imply more than an admission of His power as a local deity; namely, that He is the God of the Jews and of their country.