King James Version
1 Kings 10:4 in the King James Version says “And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,”
1 Kings 10:4 · KJV
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. questions: Heb. words
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. attendance: Heb. standing cupbearers: or, butlers
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. report: Heb. word acts: or, sayings
KJV Study — Public Domain
“had seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“of Sheba”
H7614sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an ethiopian district
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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