10 1 The Queen of Sheba cometh to hear the wisdom of Solomon. 18 His royal throne. 23 His power and magnificence.

And the (A)Queen of [a]Sheba hearing the fame of Solomon (concerning the Name of the Lord) came to prove him with hard questions.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:1 Josephus saith, that she was Queen of Ethiopia, and that Sheba was the name of the chief city of Meroe, which is an island of Nile.

42 (A)The Queen of the [a]South shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the [b]utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon: and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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  1. Matthew 12:42 He meaneth the Queen of Sheba: whose country is South in respect of the land of Israel, 1 Kings 10.
  2. Matthew 12:42 For Sheba is situated in the utmost coast of . . . Arabia at the mouth of the Arabian Sea.

Our daily bread give us [a]for the day:

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  1. Luke 11:3 That is, as much as is needful for us this day, whereby we are not debarred to have an honest care for the maintenance of our lives; but that carping care, which killeth a number of men, is cut off and restrained.

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