1 Kings 10:7
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.
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Gill's Exposition
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it,.... That is, she did not believe the whole of what was related to her; somewhat of it she credited, and supposed there was…
We have here an account of the visit which the queen of Sheba made to Solomon, no doubt when he was in the height of his piety and prosperity. Our Saviour calls her the queen of the south, for Sheba…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame This is a good idiomatic representation of the Hebrew, which is literally -thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame &c." The -goodness" here spoken…
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