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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 10:8

Happy, &c. — With much more reason may we say this of Christ's servants: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be always praising thee.

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See also 1 Kings 10:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 10:8. _HAPPY_ ARE _THY MEN_] All these are very natural expressions from a person in her state of mind....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: HIS GREAT RICHES AND SPLENDOUR CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The visit of the Queen (1 Kings 10:1)_ 2. Solomon's enormous wealth (1 Kings 10:14) 3. the targets and shields ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 KINGS 10. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. By Sheba or Saba a district in S. Arabia is meant. The Sabæ ans were known to the Israelites as exporters of gold (Isaiah 60:6; Psalms 72:15); Ezekiel (Ezekiel...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Happy are thy men_ The LXX. reads here μακάριαι αἱ γυναῖκές σου, having read נשׁיך -thy wives" instead of אנשׁיך -thy men." The Syriac and Arabic versions have the same variation....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. THE RECOGNITION OF SOLOMON'S GLORY (1 Kings 10:1-13) TRANSLATION (1) When the queen of Sheba continued to hear the report of Solomon in relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him wit...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _HOWBEIT I BELIEVED NOT THE WORDS, UNTIL I CAME, AND MINE EYES HAD SEEN IT: AND, BEHOLD, THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD ME: THY WISDOM AND PROSPERITY EXCEEDETH THE FAME WHICH I HEARD._ No JFB commentary on th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 1. Sheba] the Sheba of Genesis 10:28 (in Arabia), not of Genesis 10:7 (in Africa). Arabia seems frequently to have been ruled by queens; more than one is mentioned in th...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 10 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S VISIT V1 The Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame and how he gave honour to the *Lord. So she came to test...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (6-9) AND SHE SAID. — These words (repeated almost word for word in 2 Chronicles 9:5) are clearly from some contemporary document. They breathe at once the spirit of Oriental compliment, and a certain...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֲנָשֶׁ֔יךָ אַשְׁרֵ֖י עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑לֶּה הָֽ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY 1 Kings 10:1. "O Luxury! thou curs'd by Heaven's decree! How do thy potions with insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee to sickly greatne...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD ME” 1 Kings 10:1 Sheba, to the Jewish mind, was at the ends of the earth, Matthew 12:42. It probably lay in southern Arabia, fifteen hundred miles from Jerusalem. The queen bro...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon shows how far his fame was spread abroad. Moreover, reports had coupled Solomon's wisdom and greatness with the name of Jehovah. The Queen of Sheba saw what the g...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy (c) wisdom. (c) But much more happy are they, who hear the wisdom of God revealed in his...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, (5) And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE WISE_ ‘Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.’ 1 Kings 10:8 The Queen of Sheba was more than an admir...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The king of Tyre also was dependent on the king of Israel; and the queen of Sheba comes from the far south to delight herself in the wisdom of the head of God's people, and to be filled with wonder at...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HAPPY ARE THY MEN,.... The men of Israel, that had a king over them so wise, so great, so good: HAPPY ARE THESE THY SERVANTS, WHICH STAND CONTINUALLY BEFORE THEE, AND HEAR THY WISDOM; who were now pr...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom. Ver. 8. _Happy are thy men._] How happy then are those heavenly courtiers that co...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I believed not the words_ Which were told me concerning thee: they seemed incredible, and above the perfection of human nature. _Thy wisdom and prosperity_ Hebrew, ושׂוב, _vatob, and goodness_, may b...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wisdome of Solomon. 14 Solomons gold. 16 His targets. 18 The throne of Iuorie. 21 His vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His chariots and horse. 28 His tribute. 1 A...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Queen of Sheba at Solomon's Court...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Happy are thy men, they should consider themselves fortunate, lucky, HAPPY ARE THESE THY SERVANTS WHICH STAND CONTINUALLY BEFORE THEE AND THAT HEAR THY WISDOM....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (vs.1-13) News of Solomon's greatness spread through the nations. It was not however his greatness itself that impressed the Queen of Sheba, but his fame concerning t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 The queen of Sheba came to Solomon to hear his wisdom, thereby to improve her own. Our Saviour mentions her inquiries after God, by Solomon, as showing the stupidity of those who inquire not aft...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 10:8 Happy H835 men H582 happy H835 servants H5650 stand H5975 (H8802) continually H8548 before H6440 hear...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “ Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and who hear your wisdom.” She declared that his wisdom was such that all who served him should count themselves...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Solomon and the queen of Sheba. His revenue and splendor. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, queen of Sheba. CONCLUSION: That fame is true fame which has associated with it the name of the Lord and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 10:1. _Sheba,_ from Saba, the eldest son of Cush. Genesis 10:7. The country extending itself from the Gulf of Persia to the Red sea. The claims of the Abyssinians to the queen of this country,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And when the Queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom._ THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH VERSUS THE MEN OF THIS GENERATION 1. When the Queen of Sheba came to Jerusalem she did not come to find fault, she...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon._ THE QUEEN OF SHEBA In this history, there are various points of view wherein the Queen of Sheba appears as a type and representation of the Ch...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 10:8 HAPPY ARE YOUR MEN! HAPPY ARE YOUR SERVANTS. Chapter 1 Kings 10:1 as a whole focuses on the benefit that wisdom brings to the royal court, and pa

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND SOLOMON CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 10:1. QUEEN OF SHEBA—The Arabs and Abyssinians both claim this queen, and surround this historic visit with rival legends (comp...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.—The last words of the preceding chapter spoke of Solomon's fleet, of its voyages, and the treasures it brought home. The historian now proceeds to tell of o...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and so she came to Jerusalem with a very great company of people, camels, spices, a lot of gold, and precious stones: and as she came to Solomon, sh...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 9:7; 2 Chronicles 9:8; Luke 10:39; Luke 11:28; Luke 11:

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 1 Kings 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS A greater than Solomon is here. In Matthew 11:1 Christ is upbraiding the cities wherein most of His mighty works were done. Under His ban were...

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