1 Kings 10:1 — Community Reflections

1 KINGS 10:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.”

"Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with hard questions." — The *Queen of Sheba* (*malkat Sheva*) comes from *distant Arabia* (Sheba, modern Yemen) to *test Solomon's wisdom* with *hard questions* (*shela'ot qasot*). Her *journey* across *desert and sea* is testimony to Solomon's *reputation*.

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The light of the world — 1 Kings 10

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