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New International Version
She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true.

King James Bible
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:

Darby Bible Translation
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine affairs and of thy wisdom;

World English Bible
She said to the king, "It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.

Young's Literal Translation
And she saith unto the king, 'True is the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and concerning thy wisdom,

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

report [heb] word

1 Kings 10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom.

acts. or, sayings

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The Great Gain of Godliness
'And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 26. And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27. And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. 28. Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

Cross References
2 Chronicles 9:4
the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.

2 Chronicles 9:6
But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard.

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