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1 Kings 10:3-5
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3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.[a] 4 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom,[b] the palace[c] he had built, 5 the food in his banquet hall,[d] his servants and attendants,[e] their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed.[f]

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  1. 1 Kings 10:3 tn Heb “Solomon declared to her all her words; there was not a word hidden from the king which he did not declare to her.” If riddles are specifically in view (see v. 1), then one might translate, “Solomon explained to her all her riddles; there was no riddle too complex for the king.”
  2. 1 Kings 10:4 tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”
  3. 1 Kings 10:4 tn Heb “house.”
  4. 1 Kings 10:5 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
  5. 1 Kings 10:5 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
  6. 1 Kings 10:5 tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
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