1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Blessed	בָּר֔וּךְ ba.Rukh	H1288	to kneel · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
delighted	חָפֵ֣ץ cha.Fetz	H2654	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
set	לְתִתְּךָ֖ le.ti.te.Kha	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
throne	כִּסֵּ֣א ki.Se'	H3678	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
loved	אַהֲבָה ʼahăbâh	H160	affection (in a good or a bad sense)
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
ever	לְעֹלָ֔ם le.'o.Lam	H5769	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	וַיְשִֽׂימְךָ֣ vay.si.me.Kha	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
king	לְמֶ֔לֶךְ le.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
do	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
judgment	מִשְׁפָּ֖ט mish.Pat	H4941	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
justice	וּצְדָקָֽה u.tze.da.Kah	H6666	rightness (abstractly) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
1 Kings 5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath giv…
2 Samuel 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
2 Chronicles 2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king ov…
Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to th…
Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execut…
2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
1 Chronicles 17:22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:1-13

We have here an account of the visit which the queen of Sheba made to Solomon, no doubt when he was in the height of his piety and prosperity. Our Saviour calls her the queen of the south, for Sheba lay south of Canaan. The common opinion is that it was in Africa; and the Christians in Ethiopia, to this day, are confident that she came from their country, and that Candace was her successor, who is mentioned Act 8:27. But it is more probable that she came from the south part of Arabia the happy. It should seem she was a queen regent, sovereign of her country. Many a kingdom would have been deprived of its greatest blessings if a Salique law had been admitted into its constitution. Observe, I.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord thy God--(See on Kg1 5:7). It is quite possible, as Jewish writers say, that this queen was converted, through Solomon's influence, to the worship of the true God. But there is no record of her making any gift or offering in the temple.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 10:8

Happy are thy men - All these are very natural expressions from a person in her state of mind.

John Gill on 1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord thy God,.... Of whom she might have better notions than when she came out of her own country: which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; loved him with a love of complacency and delight, was Jedidiah, as he called him, beloved of the Lord, and therefore he chose him and preferred him to be king before his elder brother: because the Lord loved Israel for ever; to establish them as a kingdom for ever as they were, so long as obedient to him; see 2 Chronicles 9:8, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice; not merely for the sake of honour and glory, much less to indulge to pleasure and luxury, and still less to oppression and tyranny; but…

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Dictionary and topics

Cup — A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament…
Sheba — An oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of…
Solomon — Peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father…
Joy Of God Over His People, The · Solomon — Solomon
Judge · Kings and other rulers as — Kings and other rulers as
King · Acts as — Acts as
Queen · Of Sheba, visits — Of Sheba, visits
Throne · Of Israel — Of Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 10:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 10:9

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 10:8

John Gill on 1 Kings 10:9

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1 Kings 10:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 10:9

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 10:8

John Gill on 1 Kings 10:9

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 10:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 10:6-9

Rashi on 1 Kings 10:5