2 Chronicles 9:2 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her.

English Standard Version
And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her.

New American Standard Bible
Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from Solomon which he did not explain to her.

King James Bible
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for Solomon to explain to her.

International Standard Version
Solomon answered all of her questions. Because nothing was hidden from Solomon, he hid nothing from her.

American Standard Version
And Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he told her not.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon explained to her all that she proposed: and there was not any thing that he did not make clear unto her.

Darby Bible Translation
And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of, and there was not a thing hidden from Solomon that he did not explain to her.

Young's Literal Translation
and Solomon declareth to her all her matters, and there hath not been hid a thing from Solomon that he hath not declared to her.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:1-12 This history has been considered, 1Ki 10; yet because our Saviour has proposed it as an example in seeking after him, Mt 12:42, we must not pass it over without observing, that those who know the worth of true wisdom will grudge no pains or cost to obtain it. The queen of Sheba put herself to a great deal of trouble and expense to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and yet, learning from him to serve God, and do her duty, she thought herself well paid for her pains. Heavenly wisdom is that pearl of great price, for which, if we part with all, we make a good bargain.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 9

2Ch 9:1-12. The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon; She Admires His Wisdom and Magnificence.

1-4. when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon—(See on [428]1Ki 10:1-13). It is said that among the things in Jerusalem which drew forth the admiration of Solomon's royal visitor was "his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord." This was the arched viaduct that crossed the valley from Mount Zion to the opposite hill. In the commentary on the passage quoted above, allusion was made to the recent discovery of its remains. Here we give a full account of what, for boldness of conceptions for structure and magnificence, was one of the greatest wonders in Jerusalem. "During our first visit to the southwest corner of the area of the mosque, we observed several of the large stones jutting out from the western wall, which at first seemed to be the effect of a bursting of the wall from some mighty shock or earthquake. We paid little regard to this at the moment; but on mentioning the fact not long after to a circle of our friends, the remark was incidentally dropped that the stones had the appearance of having once belonged to a large arch. At this remark, a train of thought flashed across my mind, which I hardly dared to follow out until I had again repaired to the spot, in order to satisfy myself with my own eyes as to the truth or falsehood of the suggestion. I found it even so. The courses of these immense stones occupy their original position; their external surface is hewn to a regular curve; and, being fitted one upon another, they form the commencement or foot of an immense arch which once sprung out from this western wall in a direction towards Mount Zion, across the Tyrop�on valley. This arch could only have belonged to the bridge, which, according to Josephus, led from this part of the temple to the Xystus (covered colonnade) on Zion; and it proves incontestably the antiquity of that portion from which it springs" [Robinson]. The distance from this point to the steep rock of Zion Robinson calculates to be about three hundred and fifty feet, the probable length of this ancient viaduct. Another writer adds, that "the arch of this bridge, if its curve be calculated with an approximation to the truth, would measure sixty feet, and must have been one of five sustaining the viaduct (allowing for the abutments on either side), and that the piers supporting the center arch of this bridge must have been of great altitude—not less, perhaps, than one hundred and thirty feet. The whole structure, when seen from the southern extremity of the Tyrop�on, must have had an aspect of grandeur, especially as connected with the lofty and sumptuous edifices of the temple, and of Zion to the right and to the left" [Isaac Taylor's Edition of Traill's Josephus].