And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
Parallel translations
- WEB Solomon answered all her questions. There was not anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.
- KJV And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
- NKJV So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to her.
- NASB And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was concealed from the king which he did not explain to her.
- NLT Solomon had answers for all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
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Quick answer
Solomon answered all her questions, leaving nothing she asked unexplained. It demonstrates the depth and completeness of his God-given wisdom.
Overview
No matter how difficult the queen's questions, Solomon had a satisfying answer for each, withholding nothing. This fulfilled God's promise to give him unmatched wisdom (3:12). His ability to illumine every hard matter foreshadows Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3), and who alone fully answers the deepest questions of the human heart.
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- 2 Chr 9:2And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.
- Col 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- Prov 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Matt 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- Isa 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- 2 Sam 14:20Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
- 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- 2 Sam 14:17And 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. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- 1 Kgs 3:12behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.
- Heb 4:12–13For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- 1 Kgs 10:1Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
- Dan 2:20–23and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
- Prov 1:5–6let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
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