And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
And the queen of Sheba seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built,
And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches5
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.
When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
leads to
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good…
Through
1 Kings 10:3And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
leads to
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God.…
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
