2 Chronicles 9:2

2 And Solomon {answered all her questions}. Not a word was hidden from Solomon that he did not answer for her.

2 Chronicles 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 9:7

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation
That is, on the first of the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread, even the fifteenth day of the month Nisan; this was separated from the other days of the festival, and more particularly devoted to religions exercises, see ( Exodus 12:16 ) ; ye shall do no servile work therein;
such as agriculture, or any manufacture or mechanical business, which they and their servants were at other times employed in; but they might bake bread, and boil or roast their meat, and walk abroad, which they might not do on their sabbaths; and therefore it is so expressed as to distinguish it from the work forbidden on that day.

2 Chronicles 9:2 In-Context

1 Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, with much wealth and camels, bearing spices and much gold and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and told him all that [was] {on her mind}.
2 And Solomon {answered all her questions}. Not a word was hidden from Solomon that he did not answer for her.
3 When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,
4 and the food of his table, and the position of his officers, the duty of his servants and their clothing, his cupbearers and their clothing, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of Yahweh, there was no longer any breath in her.
5 And she said to the king, "The word which I heard in my land concerning your words and your wisdom [is] true,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "made known to her all her words"
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