Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness — The queen blessed Solomon's God (בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים). She affirmed that God delighted in Solomon and established him as king to 'execute justice and righteousness' (לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה). The theological statement: God's love for Israel (וּבְאַהֲבַת יְהוָה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל) motivated the divine establishment of just kingship. The foreign queen recognized that the God of Israel was supreme and that justice was a king's mandate. Her theological awareness demonstrated that Solomon's faith was compelling even to outsiders.

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