1 Kings 10:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
  • 1 Kgs 4:29-31 : 29 And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside. 30 And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
  • 1 Kgs 6:1-7 : 1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started. 2 The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. 3 The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house. 4 And for the house he made windows, with network across. 5 And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round: 6 The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house. 7 (And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
  • 2 Chr 9:3-4 : 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made, 4 And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants and their robes, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
  • Matt 12:42 : 42 The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 9:1-5
    5 verses
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    1Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

    2And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which he did not make clear to her.

    3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

    4And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants and their robes, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

    5And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.

  • 1 Kgs 10:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

    2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

    3And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    83%

    13And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 10:5-7
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    83%

    5And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

    6And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.

    7But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    82%

    12And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

    11And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
    79%

    9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    79%

    1Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    24And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 4:34
    78%

    34People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    78%

    22And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    76%

    10Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,

  • 1 Kgs 4:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

    31For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    74%

    11So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    73%

    1Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14
    73%

    14So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)

  • 2 Chr 1:10-13
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    73%

    10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

    11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:

    12Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

    13So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    73%

    1Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    73%

    16And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    73%

    21And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
    73%

    25And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    72%

    1Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
    72%

    11(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 7:8
    72%

    8And the house for his living-place, the other open square in the covered room, was made in the same way. And then he made a house like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken as his wife.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    72%

    12And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
    72%

    15In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

  • Acts 7:47
    72%

    47But Solomon was the builder of his house.

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
    72%

    7And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

  • Song 3:11
    72%

    11Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 11:41
    71%

    41Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
    71%

    2The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    71%

    20All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    71%

    9To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • 1 Kgs 9:28
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    28And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
    71%

    1Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.