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Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.

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Wisdom's Incomparable Worth

Matthew Henry points out that the Queen of Sheba's journey illustrates a powerful spiritual principle. She spared no expense or effort to hear Solomon's wisdom and felt it was worth the cost. This serves as an example for believers, showing that heavenly wisdom, found in Christ, is a 'pearl of great price' for which we should be willing to part with anything.

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2 Chronicles

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On 2 Chronicles 9:1–12

18th Century

Theologian

The narrative here is parallel with the one in the marginal reference, from which it varies only slightly and to which it adds nothing.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On 2 Chronicles 9:7

19th Century

Bishop

And happy ... and hear. —The conjunctions weaken the rhetorical effect of the verse, and are not read in Kings.

John Gill

John Gill

On 2 Chronicles 9:7

17th Century

Pastor

(See Gill on 1 Kings 10:6).

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 2 Chronicles 9:1–12

17th Century

Minister

This history has been considered (1 Kings 10); yet because our Savior has proposed it as an example in seeking after Him ([Reference Ma…