“Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.”
Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! — The queen praised Solomon's courtiers (שְׁרִים) and servants (עֲבָדֶיךָ) who constantly attended him and heard his wisdom (הַנִּצָּבִים לְפָנֶיךָ תָמִיד וְשׁוֹמְעִים אֶת־חָכְמָתְךָ). Proximity to wisdom was depicted as blessing. The phrase 'happy are your men' (אַשְׁרֵי אַנְשֶׁיךָ) invoked a beatitude-formula: those near wisdom experience blessing.
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