2 Chronicles 9:5 · KJV
“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: {report: Heb. word} {acts: or, sayings}”
— 2 Chronicles 9:5
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. {cupbearers: or, butlers}
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen {it}: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: {for} thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
2 Chronicles 9 — Context
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
4And 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. {cupbearers: or, butlers}
5And she said to the king, {It was} a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: {report: Heb. word} {acts: or, sayings}
6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen {it}: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: {for} thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7Happy {are} thy men, and happy {are} these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
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