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1 Kings 10:1-3

1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 10:1 The queen of Sheba (see note on 2 Chron. 9:1–9, 12) arrives from Arabia (“Ophir” in 1 Kings 9:28) to test Solomon. there was nothing hidden. Solomon’s wisdom, given by God, was unprecedented. This foreign queen is amazed (1 Kings 10:4).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER X _The queen of Sheba visits Solomon, and brings rich presents;_ _and tries him by hard questions, which he readily solves_, 1-3. _She expresses great surprise at his wisdom, his buildings,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Doubt has arisen whether the “queen of Sheba” was an Ethiopian or an Arabian princess. Both countries profess to have traditions on the subject connecting the queen of Sheba with their history; and in...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    QUEEN OF SHEBA. Compare 2 Chronicles 9:1. SHEBA,. grandson of Cush, settled in Ethiopia (Genesis 10:7): i.e. Nubia and North Abyssinia, where female sovereigns were not unusual. Compare Acts 8:27. HE...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    1 Kings 10:1-13. The Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:1-12) 1. _Now when the queen of Sheba heard_ The -Sheba", of which the queen is here mentioned, was that part of Arabia spok...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA HEARD, &C.— _The queen of Sheba having heard the fame of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, came,_ &c. Houbigant. Concerning the custom of putting forth enigmas and dark qu...

  • 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

    _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._ The queen of Sheba. As to where her country was, some think it w...

  • 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

    THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. — The name “Sheba” must be distinguished from _Seba_, or _Saba_ (which begins with a different Hebrew letter), (_a_) The name Seba denotes a Cushite race (Genesis 10:7), connected,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מַֽלְכַּת ־שְׁבָ֗א שֹׁמַ֛עַת אֶת ־שֵׁ֥מַע...

  • 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

    And when the queen of (a) Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. (a) Josephus says that she was Queen of Ethiopia, and that She...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Saba is written with sh, to denote a part of Arabia, and with s, when Ethiopia is meant, Psalm lxxi. 10. The former is here designated, (Menochius) being "the ends of the earth, east" of Judea, (Taci...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS An interesting relation is given, in the opening of this chapter, of a visit made to Solomon by the Queen of Sheba, drawn by the report of his great wisdom. Solomon's riches are again notice...

  • 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

    _A SEEKER AFTER WISDOM_ ‘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 Kings 10:1 The world and the Church...

  • 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

    AND WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA HEARD OF THE FAME OF SOLOMON,.... Josephus u calls her a queen of Egypt and Ethiopia; but Sheba was in the southern part of Arabia Felix; her name with the Ethiopians is Ma...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 1. _And when the queen of Sheba._] Nicaula, Josephus _a_ call...

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

    _The queen_ of _Sheba_ Probably of that part of Arabia called Sabæa, which bordered upon the Red sea, Hence our Lord terms her _the queen of the south_, and says she _came from the uttermost parts of...

  • 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

    And when the queen of Sheba, a country in Arabia Felix, on the Red Sea, HEARD OF THE FAME OF SOLOMON CONCERNING THE NAME OF THE LORD, because the Lord was glorified in him, SHE CAME TO PROVE HIM WITH...

  • 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

    1 KINGS CHAPTER 10 The queen of Sheba cometh to Jerusalem; admireth Solomon's wisdom and glory; giveth God thanks, and Solomon presents, 1 KINGS 10:1. His riches, 1 KINGS 10:11; targets, ivory throne,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 10:1 queen H4436 Sheba H7614 heard H8085 (H8802) fame H8088 Solomon H8010 name H8034 LORD H3068 came...

  • 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

    _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 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

    1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Kings 4:31; 1 Kings 4:34;...

  • 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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sheba — Of that part of Arabia, called Shabaea, which was at great distance from Jerusalem, bordering upon the Southern Sea; for there, much more than in Ethiopia, were the commodities which she broug...

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