⁵And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts¹, and of thy wisdom. ¹ Or, _sayings_. =5.= _of thine acts_] Literally _of thy matters_; the reference is quite general. ⁶Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceeded the fame that I heard. ⁷Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. =6.= _the greatness of thy wisdom_] Compare 1 Kings x. 7, “thy wisdom _and prosperity_.” ⁸Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgement and justice. =8.= _on his throne_] To the Chronicler the Israelite throne belongs to _God_; the visible king occupies it only as a deputy. Compare 1 Chronicles xxviii. 5, “the throne of the kingdom of the LORD”; 1 Chronicles xxix. 23, “Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD.” Contrast 1 Kings x. 9. ⁹And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. =9.= _an hundred and twenty talents of gold_] A sum so large must be regarded rather as _tribute_ than as a complimentary gift. _any such spice_] i.e. as in 1 Kings “such _abundance_ of spices.” ¹⁰And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees¹ and precious stones. ¹¹And the king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. ¹ In 1 Kings x. 11, _almug trees_. =10, 11.= These verses interrupt the connection in Kings as in Chronicles They are an interpolation. Verse 12 concludes the account of the visit of the Queen of Sheba. =10.= _algum trees_] In 1 Kings “_almug_ trees.” Compare ii. 8 (note). =11.= _terraces_] Perhaps “raised paths.” In 1 Kings x. 12 a different Hebrew word is used, which may mean “railings” (“pillars,” Authorized Version). _psalteries_] compare 1 Chronicles xiii. 8 (note). _in the land of Judah_] Here the Chronicler speaks as a man of his own age. We should expect, _land of Israel_. ¹²And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants. =12.= _beside that which she had brought unto the king_] This means that the king beside returning the queen the value of her present to him, also gave her additional gifts; compare 1 Kings x. 13.