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:
And she said to the King, It was a true †report which I heard in mine owne land, of thine ‖actes, and of thy wisedome:
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. word.
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2 Chronicles 9:5
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.
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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.
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Sense 1: A statement or account of facts. Sense 2: As a verb, to tell, relate, or make known.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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Deeds, actions, or things done.
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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.
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9:1AND 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.
9:1¶ And *when the Queene of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, shee came to prooue Solomon with hard questions at Ierusalem, with a very great companie, and camels that bare spices, and golde in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, shee communed with him of all that was in her heart.
9:2And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
9:2And Solomon tolde her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon, which he told her not.
9:3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
9:3And when the Queene of Sheba had seene the wisedome of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
9:4And 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.
9:4And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparell, his ‖cup-bearers also, and their apparell, and his ascent, by which hee went vp into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
9:5And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
9:5And she said to the King, It was a true †report which I heard in mine owne land, of thine ‖actes, and of thy wisedome:
Selected passage9:6Howbeit 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.
9:6Howbeit, I beleeued not their wordes, vntill I came, and mine eyes had seene it: and behold, the one halfe of the greatnesse of thy wisedome was not tolde mee: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy seruants, which stand continually before thee, and heare thy wisedome.
9:8Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
9:8Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be King for the LORD thy God: because thy God loued Israel, to establish them for euer, therefore made hee thee King ouer them, to doe iudgement and iustice.
9:9And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
9:9And she gaue the king an hundred and twentie talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, & precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the Queene of Sheba gaue King Solomon.
9:10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
9:10And the seruants also of Huram, and the seruants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought Algume trees and, precious stones.
9:11And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
9:11And the king made of the Algume trees, ‖terrises to the house of the LORD, and to the kings palace, and harpes and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seene before in the laud of Iudah.
9:12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
9:12And King Solomon gaue to the Queene of Sheba, all her desire, whatsoeuer she asked, besides that which she had brought vnto the king: So she turned, and went away to her owne land, she, and her seruants.