Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 9:3
When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — The narrator records the queen of Sheba’s visit to Jerusalem, noting that she observes Solomon’s wisdom and his constructed palace immediately after he answers all her inquiries.
The words — The verb וַ/תֵּ֙רֶא (va./Te.re') translates literally as "and she saw," marking the queen’s direct visual observation. The noun חָכְמַ֣ת (cha.khe.Mat) means "wisdom of," specifying the intellectual capacity she witnesses firsthand.
The thread — This narrative runs parallel to 1 Kings 10:3, which records Solomon answering her questions, and connects to the building accounts in 2 Chronicles 3:1 and 1 Kings 6:1.
Why it lands — The text states that the queen’s awe originates from concrete, observable evidence rather than reported testimony. It requires the reader to acknowledge that the narrative presents wisdom and infrastructure as tangible realities demanding direct verification.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 10:3 And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
- Acts 11:23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.