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1 Kings 10:4

Queen of ShebaSolomonSheba
Wisdom

2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,

5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

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BSB
When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
KJV
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
WEB
When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
ASV
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
DARBY
And when the queen of Sheba saw all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
BLB
And the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
ÅB
Da dronningen av Saba så all Salomos visdom og så det hus han hadde bygget,
OTB
Da dronningen av Saba så all Salomos visdom, huset han hadde bygd,
B1930
Da dronningen av Saba så all Salomos visdom og så det hus han hadde bygget,

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  • Matthew 12:42

    The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:9

    And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

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  • 1 Kings 4:29–31

    And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

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  • 2 Chronicles 9:3–4

    And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

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  • 1 Kings 6:1–7

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 3:28

    And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

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