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When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great caravan, including camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. When she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart. See also: Matthew 12:42Luke 11:311 Kings 10:1-13Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell her. See also: Mark 4:34James 1:5John 15:15When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, See also: 2 Chronicles 3:1-41 Kings 6:1-71 Kings 10:3the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers, their clothing, his cup bearers and their clothing, and his ascent by which he went up to the LORD’s house, there was no more spirit in her. See also: Luke 12:37Psalms 143:72 Kings 16:18She said to the king, “It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom. See also: 1 Kings 10:6However I didn’t believe their words until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and behold half of the greatness of your wisdom wasn’t told me. You exceed the fame that I heard! See also: 1 Kings 4:311 Kings 10:7Song of Songs 5:9-16Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom. See also: Luke 10:39-42Proverbs 13:20Proverbs 10:21Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you and set you on his throne to be king for the LORD your God, because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever. Therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.” See also: 2 Chronicles 2:111 Chronicles 29:23Isaiah 32:1-2She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There was never before such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. See also: 2 Chronicles 9:11 Kings 9:141 Kings 10:10The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones. See also: 2 Chronicles 8:181 Kings 10:111 Kings 9:27-28The king used algum tree wood to make terraces for the LORD’s house and for the king’s house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers. There were none like these seen before in the land of Judah. See also: 1 Kings 10:121 Chronicles 25:1Revelation 5:8King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, more than that which she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants. See also: 1 Kings 10:13Ephesians 3:20Psalms 20:4Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold, See also: Psalms 72:101 Kings 10:14-28Psalms 68:29in addition to that which the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. See also: Psalms 68:29Psalms 72:10King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one large shield. See also: 1 Kings 10:16-172 Chronicles 12:9-10He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. See also: 1 Kings 7:2Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. See also: 1 Kings 10:18-20Psalms 45:8Revelation 20:11There were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests. See also: Genesis 49:9-10Numbers 23:24Revelation 5:5Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was nothing like it made in any other kingdom. See also: Matthew 19:28Revelation 21:12All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. See also: Esther 1:71 Kings 10:21Jeremiah 31:5For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. See also: 1 Kings 10:222 Chronicles 20:36-371 Kings 22:48So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. See also: 2 Chronicles 1:121 Kings 4:30-311 Kings 3:12-13All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. See also: James 1:5James 3:17Proverbs 2:6They each brought tribute: vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules every year. See also: 1 Kings 10:251 Kings 10:101 Kings 9:14Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen that he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. See also: 1 Kings 4:262 Chronicles 1:141 Kings 10:26He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. See also: Genesis 15:181 Kings 4:211 Kings 4:24The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as abundant as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland. See also: 2 Chronicles 1:15-17Amos 7:141 Kings 10:27-29They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt and out of all lands. See also: 2 Chronicles 1:16Isaiah 31:11 Kings 10:28Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren’t they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? See also: 1 Chronicles 29:291 Kings 11:41-431 Kings 11:29Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. See also: 1 Kings 11:42-43Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in his father David’s city; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. See also: 1 Kings 2:101 Kings 1:212 Samuel 7:12
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
2 Chronicles 9:1
Ver. 1. Saba. See 3 K. x. 1. This queen resided in Arabia or Abyssinia. H. ---
Questions. They were not of a trifling nature, as she is commended by Christ.
D.
↑ 12 Chronicles 9:3
Ver. 3. House; the royal palace, or rather the temple, which was much more magnificent than any thing in the East.
↑ 32 Chronicles 9:5
Ver. 5. Virtues. Heb. "words," or of what regards thee (C.) and thy exploits. T.
↑ 52 Chronicles 9:6
Ver. 6. Fame. Heb. and Sept. "the fame which I had heard." H.
↑ 62 Chronicles 9:8
Ver. 8. King of the Lord. Hence the style, "By the grace of God, king of England," &c. has been adopted. Those deserve the name, who rule according to God's will. W. --- The kings of the Jews were more properly lieutenants of God, as the government was a theocracy. C. xiii. 8. &c.
↑ 82 Chronicles 9:10
Ver. 10. Thyine-trees, very odoriferous. C. --- Heb. algumim: 3 K. almugim, as the letters are frequently transposed in Heb. D. --- Huet thinks these were citron-trees, which did not produce fruit, but were used to make costly tables, and were a species of cedar.
↑ 102 Chronicles 9:11
Ver. 11. Stairs. Heb. "hands," (D.) or banisters, from the palace to the temple.
Junius.
↑ 112 Chronicles 9:12
Ver. 12. And many. Heb. "besides that which she had brought unto the king."
Prot. It is however certain that Solomon made use of many of her presents, and therefore he returned her others in greater profusion, or, as it is expressed, 3 K. besides what he offered her of himself of his royal bounty. H.
↑ 122 Chronicles 9:13
Ver. 13. Gold, each worth 5475 l. (Arbuthnot) so that this part of the revenue alone would amount to 3,646,350 l. sterling, annually. H.
↑ 132 Chronicles 9:14
Ver. 14. Beside. Heb. "besides that which chapmen and merchants brought."
Prot. The deputies appear to be the tax-gatherers. 3 K. x. 15. H.
↑ 142 Chronicles 9:16
Ver. 16. Pieces. In 3 K. we read, three pounds. --- Wood; or, "in the palace of the forest of Libanus," (3 K. x. 17. C.) as it is expressed in the Sept. T.
↑ 162 Chronicles 9:18
Ver. 18. Arms. Prot. "stays." H. --- Heb. in 3 K. seems clearer and more correct.
C.
↑ 182 Chronicles 9:20
Ver. 20. Days. We sometimes find the figure, hyperbole, used in Scripture for things unusual. C.
i. 16. W.
↑ 202 Chronicles 9:21
Ver. 21. Tharsis. Any distant place was so called. T.
↑ 212 Chronicles 9:25
Ver. 25. Thousand. In 3 K. we read, 1400 chariots; and here Heb. has, "4000
stables, (C.) or stalls for horses and chariots;" (Prot.) and the Sept. "4000
mares for the chariots, and 12,000
horsemen." H. --- There might be ten horses in each stable. D.
↑ 252 Chronicles 9:29
Ver. 29. Seer. The works of these three are not extant. M. --- The fall of Solomon is recorded, 3
K. xi. W.
↑ 29License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses