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2 Chronicles 9:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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. "
2 Chronicles 9:4
Verse in Context
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2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
4 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.
5 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:
6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
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2 Chronicles 9:1
"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."
2 Chronicles 9:2
"And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not."
2 Chronicles 9:3
"And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,"
2 Chronicles 9:5
"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:"
2 Chronicles 9:6
"Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard."
2 Chronicles 9:7
"Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom."
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