King James Version
2 Chronicles 9:3 in the King James Version says “And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,”
2 Chronicles 9:3 · KJV
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.
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, 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; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. cupbearers: or, butlers
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine 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)
“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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