Lux Domini

2 Chronicles  9:1

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

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Interpretation

This history has been considered, 1Ki 10; yet because Jesus has proposed it as an example in seeking after him, Mt 12:42, we must not pass it over without observing, that those who know the worth of true wisdom will grudge no pains or cost to obtain it.

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This thought runs through 2 Chronicles 9:1-5.

2 Chronicles 9:1 2 Chronicles 9:2 2 Chronicles 9:3 2 Chronicles 9:4 2 Chronicles 9:5

Glossary

Jerusalem Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
Sheba Place
(1. ) One of the sons of Cush ( Gen. 10:7 ). (2. ) The name of a country and nation ( Isa. 43:3 ; 45:14 ) mentioned along with Egypt and Ethiopia, and therefore probably in north-eastern Africa. The ancient name of Meroe. Modern identification: Sheba.