1-Kings - 10:3



3 Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 10:3.

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And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not.
And Solomon informed her of all the things she proposed to him: there was not any word the king was ignorant of, and which he could not answer her.
And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of: there was not a thing hidden from the king that he did not explain to her.
And Solomon declareth to her all her matters, there hath not been a thing hid from the king that he hath not declared to her.
And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.
And Solomon taught her, in all the words that she had proposed to him. There was not any word which was able to be hidden from the king, or which he did not answer for her.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Solomon told her all her questions - Riddles, problems, fables, apologues, etc., formed the principal part of the wisdom of the East; indeed they use and delight in them to the present day. See the case of Samson and his friends, Judges 14:12 (note), Judges 14:14 (note), and the notes there.

And Solomon told her all her questions,.... Answered them, told her the meaning of everything she inquired about, expounded her riddles, solved her objections, and gave her satisfaction in all things she proposed unto him:
there was not anything hid from the king, which he told her not; there was not anything, though ever so abstruse and difficult, but what he understood, and gave her a clear and plain solution of.

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