2 Chronicles 9:7

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Happy	אַשְׁרֵ֣י 'ash.Rei	H835	happiness · noun, common masculine plural construct
men	אֲנָשֶׁ֔יךָ 'a.na.Shei.kha	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
happy	וְאַשְׁרֵ֖י ve.'ash.Rei	H835	happiness · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
servants	עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ 'a.va.Dei.kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
stand	הָעֹמְדִ֤ים ha.'o.me.Dim	H5975	to stand · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
continually	תָּמִ֔יד ta.Mid	H8548	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
before	לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ le.fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
hear	וְשֹׁמְעִ֖ים ve.sho.me.'Im	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
wisdom	חָכְמָתֶֽךָ cha.khe.ma.Te.kha	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 33:9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for the…
1 Kings 10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
Psalms 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold t…
Psalms 84:10-12 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wicked…
Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Proverbs 3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs 8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

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).