1, 9 The Queen of Sheba cometh to see Solomon, and bringeth gifts. 13 His yearly revenues. 30 The time of his reign. 31 His death.

And (A)when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to [a]prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare sweet odors and much gold, and precious stones: and when she came to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:1 To know whether his wisdom were so great as the report was.

42 (A)The Queen of the [a]South shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the [b]utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon: and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:42 He meaneth the Queen of Sheba: whose country is South in respect of the land of Israel, 1 Kings 10.
  2. Matthew 12:42 For Sheba is situated in the utmost coast of . . . Arabia at the mouth of the Arabian Sea.

31 (A)The Queen of the South shall rise in judgment, with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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