2 Chronicles 9:4
in 2 Chronicles 9the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
BSB
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ASV
and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.
KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon
on 2 Chronicles 9:3-4
What overwhelms the queen is “the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers”. Chronicles lists the same items as 1 Kings 10:4-5 in the same order. The offerings at the temple stand last among the wonders she sees.
This site's exposition
the food at his table
The list ends at the house of the LORD. The last item reads two ways, as the burnt offerings Solomon presented or as his ascent to the house. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the ascent as an arched viaduct across the valley from Mount Zion.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon--(See on 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.
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The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמַאֲכַ֣ל | umaakhal | and [the] food of | H3978 → | |
| שֻׁלְחָנ֡וֹ | shulchano | table his | H7979 → | 71 times |
| וּמוֹשַׁ֣ב | umoshav | and [the] seating of | H4186 → | |
| עֲבָדָיו֩ | ʾavadav | servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וּמַעֲמַ֨ד | umaamad | and [the] standing of | H4612 → | |
| מְשָׁרְתָ֜יו | mesharetav | servants his | H8334 → | 97 times |
| וּמַלְבּֽוּשֵׁיהֶ֗ם | umalbusheihem | and clothes their | H4403 → | |
| וּמַשְׁקָיו֙ | umashkav | and cup-bearers his | H4945 → | |
| וּמַלְבּ֣וּשֵׁיהֶ֔ם | umalbusheihem | and clothes their | H4403 → | |
| וַעֲלִיָּת֔וֹ | vaaliyato | and upper room his | H5944 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יַעֲלֶ֖ה | yaaleh | he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָ֥יָה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ע֛וֹד | od | still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| בָּ֖הּ | bah | in her | ||
| רֽוּחַ׃ | ruach | breath | H7307 → | 378 times |
וּמַאֲכַ֣לand [the] food of
umaakhalH3978 →
שֻׁלְחָנ֡וֹtable his
shulchanoH7979 →71 times
וּמוֹשַׁ֣בand [the] seating of
umoshavH4186 →
עֲבָדָיו֩servants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
וּמַעֲמַ֨דand [the] standing of
umaamadH4612 →
מְשָׁרְתָ֜יוservants his
mesharetavH8334 →97 times
וּמַלְבּֽוּשֵׁיהֶ֗םand clothes their
umalbusheihemH4403 →
וּמַשְׁקָיו֙and cup-bearers his
umashkavH4945 →
וּמַלְבּ֣וּשֵׁיהֶ֔םand clothes their
umalbusheihemH4403 →
וַעֲלִיָּת֔וֹand upper room his
vaaliyatoH5944 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יַעֲלֶ֖הhe went up
yaalehH5927 →890 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָ֥יָהit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
ע֛וֹדstill
odH5750 →490 times
בָּ֖הּin her
bah
רֽוּחַ׃breath
ruachH7307 →378 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Daniel 10:8–10
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- Daniel 8:17–18
As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
- Isaiah 41:4
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Isaiah 44:6
Through
Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 1:6
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that…
- Nehemiah 2:8
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the…
- Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
- Nehemiah 1:6
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.