1 Kings 10:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with riddles.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN THE queen of Sheba heard of [the constant connection of] the fame of Solomon with the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions (problems and riddles).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions.

Common English Bible

¹ When the queen of Sheba heard reports about Solomon, due to the LORD’s name, she came to test him with riddles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then, too, the queen of Sheba, having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, arrived to test him with enigmas.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And the queen of Saba, having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions.

1 Kings 10:1 Cross References

Genesis 10:28

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Genesis 10:7

The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 25:3

Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

1 Kings 10:24

The whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.

1 Kings 4:31

He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, children of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.

1 Kings 4:34

People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

1 Kings 5:14

He sent them to the Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they would be a month in the Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

Job 28:28

And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 6:19

The caravans of Tema look; the travelers of Sheba hope.

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.

Psalm 72:10

May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts.

Psalm 72:15

Long may he live! May gold of Sheba be given to him. May prayer be made for him continually and blessings invoked for him all day long.

Isaiah 60:6

A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:20

Of what use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Ezekiel 16:14

Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of my splendor that I had bestowed on you, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 38:13

Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young warriors will say to you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your horde to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to seize a great amount of spoil?”

Matthew 12:42

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed something greater than Solomon is here!

Matthew 13:11

He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation.”

Mark 4:34

he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

Luke 11:31

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed, something greater than Solomon is here!

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.