2 Chronicles 9:8

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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	לְתִתְּךָ֤ le.ti.te.Kha	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
throne	כִּסְאוֹ֙ kis.'O	H3678	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
king	לְמֶ֔לֶךְ le.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָ֖ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
God	אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
loved	אַהֲבָה ʼahăbâh	H160	affection (in a good or a bad sense)
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
establish	לְהַעֲמִיד֣וֹ le.ha.'a.mi.Do	H5975	to stand · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
ever	לְעוֹלָ֔ם le.'o.Lam	H5769	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	וַיִּתֶּנְךָ֤ vai.yi.ten.Kha	H5414	to give · 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	לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
judgment	מִשְׁפָּ֥ט 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

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…
1 Chronicles 29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
Isaiah 32:1-2 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with…
Jeremiah 33:15-16 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteous…
Hebrews 1:8-9 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
2 Samuel 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
2 Samuel 15:25-26 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me agai…

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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).