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2 Chronicles 9:3

Queen of ShebaSolomonSheba
Wisdom

1 And 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.

2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

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

4 And 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.

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:

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

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:1–4

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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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 10:3

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

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  • Acts 11:23

    Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

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