2 Chronicles 9:1-12 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem… I. THE MEETING TOGETHER OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES OF TWO DIFFERENT NATIONS HAD THE HAPPY EFFECT OF DRAWING CLOSER THE BONDS OR UNITY. II. THE BENEFICIAL EFFECT WHICH THE EXHIBITION OR THE WORKS OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY MAY HAVE UPON THE THOUGHTFUL AND WELL-GOVERNED MIND. The things seen by the Queen of Sheba did much to correct and enlarge her mind; far more than all her previous intelligence and inquiry. III. THE SPECTACLE OF WORKS OF ART AND MAN'S DEVICE, VAST, MULTIFORM, AND BEAUTIFUL, REFLECTS AS IN A MIRROR THE WONDROUS POWERS OF MAN'S MIND. As we turn from the statue to the mind that sketched and the hand that chiselled out the wonderful design, so let us turn from man with all his wonderful skill and give to God the glory. The Queen of Sheba returned to her home with higher thoughts of God than she had before. IV. THE IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE OF SOLOM'S DEVOTION. The Queen admired "the ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord." Some understand these words of a magnificent communication which Solomon had prepared between his palace and the courts of the temple; while others explain them of the cheerful and fervent solemnity with which he worshipped, showing that his heart was deeply engaged in the hallowed and hallowing service. (S. Bridge, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. |
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