Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 9:7
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Queen of Sheba addresses Solomon immediately after personally verifying his administrative order and renowned wisdom. She pronounces a declaration of blessing over his household and court officials.
The words — אַשְׁרֵי ('ashrei) translates literally as "how blessed," marking a strong pronouncement of favorable standing. תָּמִיד (tamid) means "continually," emphasizing the unbroken nature of the servants' attendance.
The thread — This exact declaration appears verbatim in 1 Kings 10:8, confirming the parallel narrative tradition. The theme of blessedness before God and the value of constant presence echo in Deuteronomy 33:9 and Psalms 27:4.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that sustained proximity to authoritative wisdom yields tangible blessing. It requires the reader to assess their own access to and attention toward sources of enduring guidance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 33:9 He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
- 1 Kings 10:8 How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
- Psalms 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- Psalms 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Proverbs 3:3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Proverbs 3:14 for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 8:34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
- Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Luke 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.