3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
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Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. …
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. …
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)This passage of story had been largely considered in the Kings; yet, because our Saviour has proposed it as an example to us in our enquiries after him (Matt. 12:42), we must not pass it over without observing briefly, 1. Those who honour God he will honour , 1 Sam. 2:30. Solomon had greatly honoured God, in building, beautifying, and dedicating the temple; all his wisdom and all his wealth were e…
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