“And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:”
and she said to the king, 'The report was true that I heard in my own land of your affairs and of your wisdom, but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes saw it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpassed the report that I heard — The queen acknowledged that her home-country reports (הַשְׁמוּעָה אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי) were accurate, yet understated. First-hand observation revealed that 'the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me' (וְלוֹא־הֻגַּד־לִי חֲצִי כֹּל טוּבְךָ). Solomon's actual magnificence exceeded what rumor conveyed.
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