Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Kings 10:4-5

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

1 Kings 10:4-5

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

1 Kings 10:4-5

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her." — 1 Kings 10:4-5 (ASV)

She was a queen, but she had never seen such royal magnificence as Solomon's. The ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord appears to have been a marvelous viaduct, constructed of the most ponderous stones, by which the king went from his own house up to the temple itself. I have read that an arch of that viaduct is standing today, and it is still a marvel.

To this princess, it must have seemed a wonder of wonders.