1 Kings 10:1 (WEB)
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the LORD’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.
Fathers and councils · 5
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus III.45Book III
“Thou hast added wisdom and possessions above all the report which I heard.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Kings x. 1–9.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“The queen of the south, too, came to him from the ends of the earth, to ascertain the wisdom that was in him: she whom the Lord also referred to as one who should rise up in the judgment with the nations of those men who do hear His words, and do not believe in Him,…” — editor's note: 1 Kings x. 1.
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Ambrose of Milan
“The Queen of the South, as we read in the Book of the Kings, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.” — editor's note: 1 Kings x. 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“What labour have you to do compared with that of the Queen of Ethiopia, who arose and came from the utmost part of the earth to see the wisdom of Solomon?” — editor's note: 1 Kings x. 1.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“The Queen of Sheba was a sheep that had come into the place of wolves; the lamp of truth did Solomon give her, who also married her when he fell away.” — editor's note: 1 Kings x. 1.
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Parallel passages
1 Kings 10:1 and 2 Chronicles 9:1 share the same wording (15 words).
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