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Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.
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Acknowledgment, Not Conversion
Commentators clarify that the Queen of Sheba's blessing of 'Jehovah thy God' does not signify a full conversion. Rather, it is a respectful acknowledgment of Yahweh as the powerful national deity responsible for Israel's prosperity and Solomon's wisdom, a common form of diplomatic praise in the ancient world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Blessed be the Lord your God — This acknowledgment of Yahweh falls below the confessions of Hiram (2 Chronicles 2:12) and Cyrus …
19th Century
Anglican
And she said. —These words (repeated almost word for word in 2 Chronicles 9:5–8) are clearly from some contemporary do…
Baptist
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. However, I did not believe the wor…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Blessed be the Lord your God Of whom she might have better notions than when she came out of her own country:
The queen of Sheba came to Solomon to hear his wisdom, in order to improve her own. Our Savior mentions her inquiries after God, through Solomon, a…
