And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
Parallel translations
- WEB Solomon answered all her questions. There was not anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.
- BSB And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 9:2And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
- Col 2:3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- Prov 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Matt 13:11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
- Isa 42:16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
- 2 Sam 14:20To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
- 1 Cor 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
- 2 Sam 14:17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
- John 7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
- 1 Kgs 3:12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
- Heb 4:12–13For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- 1 Kgs 10:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
- Dan 2:20–23Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
- Prov 1:5–6A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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