aCf. 1 Kings 10; 11.41–43. The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, and came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, accompanied by a very large retinue, including camels bearing spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke to him of all that she had on her mind.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ומלכתשבא
799
שמעה
415
אתשמע
811
שלמה
375
ותבוא
415
לנסות
546
אתשלמה
776
בחידות
430
בירושלם
588
בחיל
50
כבד
26
מאד
45
וגמלים
129
נשאים
401
בשמים
392
וזהב
20
לרב
232
ואבן
59
יקרה
315
ותבוא
415
אלשלמה
406
ותדבר
612
עמו
116
את
401
כלאשר
551
היה
20
עםלבבה
149
II Chronicles 9:2
Gematria: 2542
ויגדלהשלמהאתכלדבריהולאנעלםדברמשלמהאשרלאהגידלה
Solomon had answers for all her questions; there was nothing that Solomon did not know, nothing to which he could not give her an answer.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויגדלה
58
שלמה
375
אתכלדבריה
672
ולאנעלם
227
דבר
206
משלמה
415
אשר
501
לא
31
הגיד
22
לה
35
II Chronicles 9:3
Gematria: 3625
ותראמלכתשבאאתחכמתשלמהוהביתאשרבנה
When the queen of Sheba saw how wise Solomon was and the palace he had built,
the fare of his table, the seating of his courtiers, the service and attire of his attendants, his butlers and their attire, and the procession with which he went up to the House of GOD, it took her breath away.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ומאכל
97
שלחנו
394
ומושב
354
עבדיו
92
ומעמד
160
משרתיו
956
ומלבושיהם
439
ומשקיו
462
ומלבושיהם
439
ועליתו
522
אשר
501
יעלה
115
בית
412
יהוה
26
ולאהיה
57
עוד
80
בה
7
רוח
214
II Chronicles 9:5
Gematria: 3979
ותאמראלהמלךאמתהדבראשרשמעתיבארציעלדבריךועלחכמתך
She said to the king, “What I heard in my own land about you and your wisdom was true.
I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes that not even the half of your great wisdom had been described to me; you surpass the report that I heard.
Blessed is the ETERNAL your God, who favored you and set you on the throne as a king before the ETERNAL. It is because of your God’s love for Israel and in order to establish them forever that you were made king over them to execute righteous justice.”
She presented the king with 120 talents of gold, and a vast quantity of spices and precious stones. There were no such spices as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon—
The king made of the algum-wood ramps for the House of GOD and for the royal palace, and lyres and harps for the musicians, whose like had never before been seen in the land of Judah—
King Solomon, in turn, gave the queen of Sheba everything she expressed a desire for, exceeding a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she and her courtiers left and returned to her own land.
besides what tradersbtraders Or “traders’ agents.” and merchants brought, and the gold and silver that all the kings of Arabia and governors of the regions brought to Solomon.
Six steps led up to the throne; and the throne had a golden footstool attached to it, and arms on either side of the seat. Two lions stood beside the arms,
All of King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the utensils of the Lebanon Forest House were of pure gold; silver counted for nothing in Solomon’s days.
The king’s fleet traveled to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Once every three years, the Tarshish fleet came in, bearing gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כיאניות
497
למלך
120
הלכות
461
תרשיש
1210
עם
110
עבדי
86
חורם
254
אחת
409
לשלוש
666
שנים
400
תבואנה
464
אניות
467
תרשיש
1210
נשאות
757
זהב
14
וכסף
166
שנהבים
407
וקופים
242
ותוכייםפ
572
II Chronicles 9:22
Gematria: 1688
ויגדלהמלךשלמהמכלמלכיהארץלעשרוחכמה
King Solomon surpassed all the royal rulers of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
The other events of Solomon’s reign, early and late, are recorded in the chronicle of the prophet Nathan and in the prophecies of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Jedo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ושאר
507
דברי
216
שלמה
375
הראשנים
606
והאחרונים
326
הלאהם
81
כתובים
478
עלדברי
316
נתן
500
הנביא
68
ועלנבואת
565
אחיה
24
השילוני
411
ובחזות
429
יעדי
94
יעדו
90
החזה
25
עלירבעם
422
בןנבט
113
II Chronicles 9:30
Gematria: 2438
וימלךשלמהבירושלםעלכלישראלארבעיםשנה
Solomon reigned forty years over all Israel in Jerusalem.