The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, through the name of GOD,athrough the name of GOD The force of the phrase is uncertain. and she came to test him with hard questions.
She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels bearing spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she asked him all that she had in mind.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותבא
409
ירושלמה
591
בחיל
50
כבד
26
מאד
45
גמלים
123
נשאים
401
בשמים
392
וזהב
20
רבמאד
247
ואבן
59
יקרה
315
ותבא
409
אלשלמה
406
ותדבר
612
אליו
47
את
401
כלאשר
551
היה
20
עםלבבה
149
I Kings 10:3
Gematria: 2326
ויגדלהשלמהאתכלדבריהלאהיהדברנעלםמןהמלךאשרלאהגידלה
Solomon had answers for all her questions; there was nothing that the king did not know, [nothing] to which he could not give her an answer.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויגדלה
58
שלמה
375
אתכלדבריה
672
לאהיה
51
דבר
206
נעלם
190
מןהמלך
185
אשר
501
לא
31
הגיד
22
לה
35
I Kings 10:4
Gematria: 3675
ותראמלכתשבאאתכלחכמתשלמהוהביתאשרבנה
When the queen of Sheba observed all of Solomon’s wisdom, and the palace he had built,
the fare of his table, the seating of his courtiers, the service and attire of his attendants, and his wine service, and the burnt offerings that he offered atband the burnt offerings that he offered at Cf. 2 Chron. 9.4 “and the procession with which he went up to.…” the House of GOD, she was left breathless.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ומאכל
97
שלחנו
394
ומושב
354
עבדיו
92
ומעמד
160
משרתו
946
ומלבשיהם
433
ומשקיו
462
ועלתו
512
אשר
501
יעלה
115
בית
412
יהוה
26
ולאהיה
57
בה
7
עוד
80
רוח
214
I Kings 10:6
Gematria: 3999
ותאמראלהמלךאמתהיההדבראשרשמעתיבארציעלדבריךועלחכמתך
She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own land about you and your wisdom was true.
But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes that not even the half had been told me; your wisdom and wealth surpass the reports that I heard.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולאהאמנתי
543
לדברים
286
עד
74
אשרבאתי
914
ותראינה
672
עיני
140
והנה
66
לאהגדלי
83
החצי
113
הוספת
551
חכמה
73
וטוב
23
אלהשמועה
457
אשר
501
שמעתי
820
I Kings 10:8
Gematria: 3712
אשריאנשיךאשריעבדיךאלההעמדיםלפניךתמידהשמעיםאתחכמתך
How fortunate are your people and how fortunate are these your courtiers, who are always in attendance on you and can hear your wisdom!
Praised be the ETERNAL your God, who delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel. It is because of GOD’s everlasting love for Israel that you were made king—to administer justice and righteousness.”
She presented the king with one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a large quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again did such a vast quantity of spices arrive as that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.—
The king used the almug wood for decorations in the House of GOD and in the royal palace, and for harps and lyres for the musicians. Such a quantity of almug wood has never arrived or been seen to this day.—
King Solomon, in turn, gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted and asked for, in addition to what King Solomon gave her out of his royal bounty. Then she and her attendants left and returned to her own land.
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והמלך
101
שלמה
375
נתן
500
למלכתשבא
823
אתכלחפצה
634
אשר
501
שאלה
336
מלבד
76
אשר
501
נתןלה
535
כיד
34
המלך
95
שלמה
375
ותפן
536
ותלך
456
לארצה
326
היא
16
ועבדיהפ
177
I Kings 10:14
Gematria: 4752
ויהימשקלהזהבאשרבאלשלמהבשנהאחתששמאותששיםוששככרזהב
The weight of the gold that Solomon received every year was 666 talents of gold,
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
משקל
470
הזהב
19
אשרבא
504
לשלמה
405
בשנה
357
אחת
409
שש
600
מאות
447
ששים
650
ושש
606
ככר
240
זהב
14
I Kings 10:15
Gematria: 2940
לבדמאנשיהתריםומסחרהרכליםוכלמלכיהערבופחותהארץ
besides what came from the traders,ctraders Or “traders’ agents.” from the traffic of the merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the regions.
and twelve lions stood on the six steps, six on either side. No such throne was ever made for any other kingdom.dkingdom Or “prince”; like Phoenician mamlakt.
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were of gold, and all the utensils of the Lebanon Forest House were of pure gold: silver did not count for anything in Solomon’s days.
For the king had a Tarshish fleeteTarshish fleet Probably a fleet of large ships. on the sea, along with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the Tarshish fleet came in, bearing gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
אני
61
תרשיש
1210
למלך
120
בים
52
עם
110
אני
61
חירם
258
אחת
409
לשלש
660
שנים
400
תבוא
409
אני
61
תרשיש
1210
נשאת
751
זהב
14
וכסף
166
שנהבים
407
וקפים
236
ותכיים
486
I Kings 10:23
Gematria: 1718
ויגדלהמלךשלמהמכלמלכיהארץלעשרולחכמה
King Solomon surpassed all the monarchs on earth in wealth and in wisdom.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויגדל
53
המלך
95
שלמה
375
מכל
90
מלכי
100
הארץ
296
לעשר
600
ולחכמה
109
I Kings 10:24
Gematria: 4202
וכלהארץמבקשיםאתפנישלמהלשמעאתחכמתואשרנתןאלהיםבלבו
All the world came to pay homage to Solomon and to listen to the wisdom with which God had endowed him;
Solomon assembled chariots and horses.fhorses See note at 1.5. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationedgstationed So 2 Chron. 1.14; 9.25; Heb. here “led.” in the chariot towns and with the king in Jerusalem.
Solomon’s horses were procured from MizraimhMizraim Usually Egypt, here perhaps Muṣru, a neighbor of Kue (Cilicia). and Kue. The king’s dealers would buy them from Kue at a fixed price.
A chariot imported from MizraimiMizraim See note at v. 28. cost 600 shekels of silver, and a horse 150; these in turn were exported by themjthem I.e., Solomon’s dealers. to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Arameans.