George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Kings 10:5
In her. She fainted away in rapture and astonishment. (Haydock) --- Thus the church of the Gentiles is taught, by the gospel, to lay aside the spirit of pride, &c. (Worthington)
In her. She fainted away in rapture and astonishment. (Haydock) --- Thus the church of the Gentiles is taught, by the gospel, to lay aside the spirit of pride, &c. (Worthington)
Verse 1 Kings 10:5. _THE MEAT OF HIS TABLE_] The immense supply of all kinds of food daily necessary for the many thousands which were fed at and from his table. See 1 Kings 4:22-11, and the notes the...
AND THE MEAT OF HIS TABLE - Compare 1 Kings 4:22. The scene here described receives very apt illustration from the Assyrian banquet scenes, where we have numerous guests sitting, dressed handsomely in...
6. SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: HIS GREAT RICHES AND SPLENDOUR CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The visit of the Queen (1 Kings 10:1)_ 2. Solomon's enormous wealth (1 Kings 10:14) 3. the targets and shields ...
1 KINGS 10. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. By Sheba or Saba a district in S. Arabia is meant. The Sabæ ans were known to the Israelites as exporters of gold (Isaiah 60:6; Psalms 72:15); Ezekiel (Ezekiel...
SITTING. seated assembly. ATTENDANCE. standing. ASCENT. The covered stairway connecting Mount Zion (Jebus) with Mount Moriah. Compare 2 Kings 16:18. Ascent is the word for burnt or "ascending offeri...
_the sitting of his servants_ Here -servants" signifies the officers and distinguished persons who were privileged to sit at the king's table, and were ranged according to rank and in large numbers at...
THERE WAS NO MORE SPIRIT IN HER— A common mode of expression to signify the highest degree of admiration; implying, says Houbigant, _aliquem esse admiratione obstupefactum,_ that the person is stunned...
II. THE RECOGNITION OF SOLOMON'S GLORY (1 Kings 10:1-13) TRANSLATION (1) When the queen of Sheba continued to hear the report of Solomon in relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him wit...
_AND THE MEAT OF HIS TABLE, AND THE SITTING OF HIS SERVANTS, AND THE ATTENDANCE OF HIS MINISTERS, AND THEIR APPAREL, AND HIS CUPBEARERS, AND HIS ASCENT BY WHICH HE WENT UP UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD;...
SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 1. Sheba] the Sheba of Genesis 10:28 (in Arabia), not of Genesis 10:7 (in Africa). Arabia seems frequently to have been ruled by queens; more than one is mentioned in th...
HIS ASCENT, etc.] perhaps better, 'his burnt offering which he offered in.'...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 10 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S VISIT V1 The Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame and how he gave honour to the *Lord. So she came to test...
AND WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA HAD SEEN. — There is something curiously inartificial and true to nature in the accumulation of different impressions as made upon the imagination of the queen. First of al...
וּ מַאֲכַ֣ל שֻׁלְחָנֹ֡ו וּ מֹושַׁ֣ב עֲבָדָיו֩...
SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY 1 Kings 10:1. "O Luxury! thou curs'd by Heaven's decree! How do thy potions with insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee to sickly greatne...
“THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD ME” 1 Kings 10:1 Sheba, to the Jewish mind, was at the ends of the earth, Matthew 12:42. It probably lay in southern Arabia, fifteen hundred miles from Jerusalem. The queen bro...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon shows how far his fame was spread abroad. Moreover, reports had coupled Solomon's wisdom and greatness with the name of Jehovah. The Queen of Sheba saw what the g...
And the (b) meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LOR...
(4) And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, (5) And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
The king of Tyre also was dependent on the king of Israel; and the queen of Sheba comes from the far south to delight herself in the wisdom of the head of God's people, and to be filled with wonder at...
AND THE MEAT OF HIS TABLE,.... The various sorts of it, the different dishes, and the multitude of them; see 1 Kings 4:22 AND THE SITTING OF HIS SERVANTS; at table, either with him, or at tables by t...
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; t...
_When the queen had seen all Solomon's wisdom_ Had fully discovered the wonderful variety of knowledge wherewith he was endowed. _And the house that he had built_ Or, _the houses_, the temple and the...
1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wisdome of Solomon. 14 Solomons gold. 16 His targets. 18 The throne of Iuorie. 21 His vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His chariots and horse. 28 His tribute. 1 A...
The Queen of Sheba at Solomon's Court...
and the meat, the food, OF HIS TABLE, AND THE SITTING OF HIS SERVANTS, the civil officers who sat at the royal table, AND THE ATTENDANCE OF HIS MINISTERS, that of the servants, especially at table, wh...
THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (vs.1-13) News of Solomon's greatness spread through the nations. It was not however his greatness itself that impressed the Queen of Sheba, but his fame concerning t...
ATTENDANCE: _ Heb._ standing CUPBEARERS: Or, Butlers...
1-13 The queen of Sheba came to Solomon to hear his wisdom, thereby to improve her own. Our Saviour mentions her inquiries after God, by Solomon, as showing the stupidity of those who inquire not aft...
THE SITTING OF HIS SERVANTS, i.e. the order and manner in which his courtiers or other subjects (who all were his servants in a general sense) sat down at meals, at several tables in his court. THE AT...
1 Kings 10:5 food H3978 table H7979 seating H4186 servants H5650 service H4612 waiters H8334 (H8764) apparel...
CONTENTS: Solomon and the queen of Sheba. His revenue and splendor. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, queen of Sheba. CONCLUSION: That fame is true fame which has associated with it the name of the Lord and...
1 Kings 10:1. _Sheba,_ from Saba, the eldest son of Cush. Genesis 10:7. The country extending itself from the Gulf of Persia to the Red sea. The claims of the Abyssinians to the queen of this country,...
_The meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants._ AT THE KING’S TABLE “To be carved for at table by a great prince would be counted as great a favour as the meal itself. To take outward bless...
_And when the Queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom._ THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH VERSUS THE MEN OF THIS GENERATION 1. When the Queen of Sheba came to Jerusalem she did not come to find fault, she...
_When the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon._ THE QUEEN OF SHEBA In this history, there are various points of view wherein the Queen of Sheba appears as a type and representation of the Ch...
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND SOLOMON CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 10:1. QUEEN OF SHEBA—The Arabs and Abyssinians both claim this queen, and surround this historic visit with rival legends (comp...
EXPOSITION THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.—The last words of the preceding chapter spoke of Solomon's fleet, of its voyages, and the treasures it brought home. The historian now proceeds to tell of o...
Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and so she came to Jerusalem with a very great company of people, camels, spices, a lot of gold, and precious stones: and as she came to Solomon, sh...
1 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Chronicles 9:18; 1 Kings 4:22; 1 Kings 4:23;...
THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 1 Kings 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS A greater than Solomon is here. In Matthew 11:1 Christ is upbraiding the cities wherein most of His mighty works were done. Under His ban were...
Sitting — The order and manner in which his courtiers, or other subjects (who all were his servants in a general sense) sat down at meals, at several tables in his court. Attendance — Upon the king, b...