2 Chronicles 9:6

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
believed	הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי he.'e.Man.ti	H539	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular
words	לְדִבְרֵיהֶ֗ם le.div.rei.Hem	H1697	a word · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
came	בָּ֙אתִי֙ ba.ti	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
eyes	עֵינַ֔י 'ei.Nai	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
seen	וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה va.tir.'Ei.nah	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural
half	חֲצִ֖י cha.Tzi	H2677	the half or middle · noun, common masculine singular construct
greatness	מַרְבִּ֣ית mar.Bit	H4768	a multitude · noun, common feminine singular construct
wisdom	חָכְמָתֶ֑ךָ cha.khe.ma.Te.kha	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
told	הֻגַּד hu.gad-	H5046	properly · verb, hophal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
exceedest	יָסַ֕פְתָּ ya.Saf.ta	H3254	to add or augment (often adverbial · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
fame	הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה ha.she.mu.'Ah	H8052	something heard · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
heard	שָׁמָֽעְתִּי sha.Ma.'e.ti	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular

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Cross-references

1 Kings 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nation…
1 Kings 4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kings 10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity…
2 Chronicles 9:5 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:
Psalms 31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before th…
Song of Solomon 5:9-16 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so…
Zechariah 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
John 20:25-29 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:1-12

This passage of story had been largely considered in the Kings; yet, because our Saviour has proposed it as an example to us in our enquiries after him (Mat 12:42), we must not pass it over without observing briefly, 1. Those who honour God he will honour, Sa1 2:30. Solomon had greatly honoured God, in building, beautifying, and dedicating the temple; all his wisdom and all his wealth were employed for the making of that a consummate piece: and now God made his wisdom and wealth to redound greatly to his reputation. The way to have both the credit and comfort of all our endowments and all our enjoyments is to consecrate them to God and use them for him. 2. Those who know the worth of true wi…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 9:1

The queen of Sheba - See all the particulars of this royal visit distinctly marked and explained in the notes on Kg1 10:1-10 (note). The Targum calls her queen of Zemargad.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 9:1

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 9:3-4

The queen observed the unusual grandeur of Solomon’s court, which demonstrated both his wealth and his wisdom.

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 9:6

half of your abundant [wisdom] The many wisdoms.

Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Clarke, Gill, Calvin and Keil & Delitzsch are in the public domain; Tyndale Open Study Notes © Tyndale House Publishers, CC BY-SA 4.0 — all from the Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org). Rashi: the Rosenbaum & Silbermann Pentateuch (public domain) and the Judaica Press and Metsudah Tanakh (CC BY), via Sefaria. Spurgeon's Treasury of David: public domain (lyteword's markdown edition, CC0).

Dictionary and topics

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…
Sheba · 7. Queen of, visits — 7. Queen of, visits

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).