1 Kings 10:2
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
a. ASV: And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
b. YLT: And she cometh to Jerusalem, with a very great company, camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stone, and she cometh unto Solomon, and speaketh unto him all that hath been with her heart.
c. Amplified Bible Classic: She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels bearing spices, very much gold, and precious stones. When she had come to Solomon, she communed with him about all that was in her mind.
d. Septuagint: And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train; and [there came] camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.
e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large entourage, with camels bearing large amounts of spices and gold, and precious stones. She came before Solomon, and she spoke to him about all that was in her heart.
1. “And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones…”
a. [And she] came [Strong: 935 bôwʼ, bo; a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):—abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, ×certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, ×doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.] [The KJV translates Strong's H935 in the following manner: come (1,435x), bring (487x), ... in (233x), enter (125x), go (123x), carry (17x), ...down (23x), pass (13x), ...out (12x), miscellaneous (109x).]
b. [to] Jerusalem [Strong: 3389 Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).]
1). The kingdom of Sheba was located in what is now Ethiopia. Just this week (2/11/12) it was reported that the temple and the gold mine of the Queen of Sheba had been discovered. The article places the archeological site on the Gheralta area in northern Ethiopia. Further research revealed it to be in the Tigray state or province. Jesus said she “came from the uttermost parts of the earth”. Folks, the logistics in this are extremely impressive. The distance from the Tigray province to Jerusalem is about 1500 miles. Up until the middle of the 1800’s, travel was either on foot, on horseback or some sort of wagon, or if on water by boat or raft. The standard was about twenty miles a day.
2). Moody Atlas Of Bible Lands, Barry Beitzel. P. 65. “The evidence is uniform and mutually corroborating that one day’s travel journey in the biblical world incorporated between 17-23 miles, with slightly higher average mileage when traveling downstream by boat. Moreover, those same averages are found in later classical and medieval literature from Egypt to Turkey…Abraham cited Mt. Moriah on the third day of his trip from Beersheba (Genesis 22:4), and the two sites were separated by approximately 50 airline miles. Ezra led a Jewish caravan from Babylonia to Jerusalem. His company departed from the Babylonian frontier on the twelfth day of the first month (Ezra 8:31) and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fourth month (Ezra 7:9), which means the journey itself took a little more than three-and-one-half months…they traveled about 900 miles in a little more than 100 days. [About 9 miles a day]…Peter journeyed 40 miles from Joppa to Caesarea and arrived at his destination on the second day (Acts 10:23-24)…Cornelius later explained that his own ambassadors had journeyed round trip between Joppa and Caesarea in four days (Acts 10:30).”
a). Going from the above Scriptural information, at 9 miles a day, it probably took up to 170 days to make the journey. Because this was a queen who came, “…with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones…”, the amount of travel would have been closer to what Ezra’s caravan achieved, probably just over 9 miles a day. Just the gold by itself was four and a half tons, 9,000 pounds, besides the spices and precious stones, so travel would be equal to Ezra’s example. It would be a fair estimate it took between 5 to 6 months to get this caravan from Sheba to Jerusalem. She traveled this extreme distance to hear the wisdom of Solomon, the wisest man in the world. The wisdom of Solomon possessed was greater than any human being besides Jesus.
c. [with a] very [Strong: 3966 mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'; from the same as H181; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated):—diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), × louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3966 in the following manner: very (137x), greatly (49x), sore (23x), exceeding (18x), great (12x), exceedingly (11x), much (10x), exceeding (with H3966) (6x), exceedingly (with H3966) (5x), diligently (4x), good (3x), might (2x), mightily (2x), miscellaneous (17x).]
d. great [Strong: 3515 kâbêd, kaw-bade'; from H3513; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid):—(so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3515 in the following manner: great (8x), grievous (8x), heavy (8x), sore (4x), hard (2x), much (2x), slow (2x), hardened (1x), heavier (1x), laden (1x), thick (1x).]
e. train [Strong: 2428 chayil, khah'-yil; from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:—able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).] [The KJV translates Strong's H2428 in the following manner: army (56x), man of valour (37x), host (29x), forces (14x), valiant (13x), strength (12x), riches (11x), wealth (10x), power (9x), substance (8x), might (6x), strong (5x), miscellaneous (33x).]
f. [with] camels [Strong: 1581 gâmâl, gaw-mawl'; apparently from H1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing); a camel:—camel.] [The KJV translates Strong's H1581 in the following manner: camel (54x).]
g. [that] bare [Strong: 5375 nâsâʼ, naw-saw'; or נָסָה nâçâh; (Psalm 4:6 [7]), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative:—accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.] [The KJV translates Strong's H5375 in the following manner: (bare, lift, etc...) up (219x), bear (115x), take (58x), bare (34x), carry (30x), (take, carry)..away (22x), borne (22x), armourbearer (18x), forgive (16x), accept (12x), exalt (8x), regard (5x), obtained (4x), respect (3x), miscellaneous (74x).]
h. spices [Strong: 1314 besem, beh'-sem; or בֹּשֶׂם bôsem; from the same as H1313; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant:—smell, spice, sweet (odour).] [The KJV translates Strong's H1314 in the following manner: spice (24x), sweet odours (2x), sweet (2x), sweet smell (1x).]
i. [and] very [Strong: 3966 mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'; from the same as H181; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated):—diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), × louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3966 in the following manner: very (137x), greatly (49x), sore (23x), exceeding (18x), great (12x), exceedingly (11x), much (10x), exceeding (with H3966) (6x), exceedingly (with H3966) (5x), diligently (4x), good (3x), might (2x), mightily (2x), miscellaneous (17x).]
j. much [Strong: 7227 rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).] [The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).]
k. gold [Strong: 2091 zâhâb, zaw-hawb'; from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky:—gold(-en), fair weather.] [The KJV translates Strong's H2091 in the following manner: gold (348x), golden (40x), fair weather (1x).]
l. precious [Strong: 3368 yâqâr, yaw-kawr'; from H3365; valuable (objectively or subjectively):—brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3368 in the following manner: precious (25x), costly (4x), excellent (2x), brightness (1x), clear (1x), fat (1x), reputation (1x), honourable women (1x).]
m. stones [Strong: 68 ʼeben, eh'-ben; from the root of H1129 through the meaning to build; a stone:— carbuncle, mason, plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).] [The KJV translates Strong's H68 in the following manner: stone(s) (247x), weight(s) (7x), divers weights (with H68) (3x), hailstones (3x), stony (2x), carbuncle (with H688) (1x), hailstones (with H1259) (1x), hailstones (with H417) (1x), headstone (1x), masons (with H7023) (1x), plummet (1x), slingstones (1x).]
2. “...and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.”
a. [and when she ] was come [Strong: 935 bôwʼ, bo; a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):—abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, ×certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, ×doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.] [The KJV translates Strong's H935 in the following manner: come (1,435x), bring (487x), ... in (233x), enter (125x), go (123x), carry (17x), ...down (23x), pass (13x), ...out (12x), miscellaneous (109x).]
b. to [Strong: 413 'el ale (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el}); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to:--about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).]
c. Solomon [Strong: 8010 Shᵉlômôh, shel-o-mo'; from H7965; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor:—Solomon.] [The KJV translates Strong's H8010 in the following manner: Solomon (293x).]
d. [she] communed [Strong: 1696 dâbar, daw-bar'; a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue:—answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, × well, × work.] [The KJV translates Strong's H1696 in the following manner: speak (840x), say (118x), talk (46x), promise (31x), tell (25x), commune (20x), pronounce (14x), utter (7x), command 4 misc (38x).]
e. with [him] [Strong: 413 'el ale (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el}); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to:--about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).]
f. of [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]
g. all [Strong: 3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]
h. that [Strong: 834 'aher ash-er' a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:--X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.]
i. was [Strong: 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]
j. in [Strong: 5973 `im eem from 6004; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English):--accompanying, against, and, as (X long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).]
k. [her] heart [Strong: 3824 lêbâb, lay-bawb'; from H3823; used also like H3820 the heart (as the most interior organ);:— bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, (faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, × unawares, understanding.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3824 in the following manner: heart (231x), consider (with H7760) (5x), mind (4x), understanding (3x), miscellaneous (9x).]
1). Jesus said (Matthew 12:42) the queen came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear Solomon’s wisdom and yet, Jesus, a greater than Solomon is here. A wisdom greater than Solomon’s is available to us in Christ Jesus, in the New Covenant. We don’t have to travel 1500 miles! If we are born again, Christ Jesus is in us and we are in Him. The wisdom of Almighty God is available to us through being born again and having the whole counsel of God in His Word. What will we do to hear it? What length we go? Jesus clearly said it is our responsibility to seek it out.
a). Mark 4:21-24 [Amplified Bible] And He said to them, Is the lamp brought in to be put under a peck measure or under a bed, and not to be put on the lampstand?
4:22 Things are hidden temporarily only as a means to revelation. For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor is anything temporarily kept secret except in order that it may be made known.
4:23 If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend.
4:24 And He said to them, Be careful what you are hearing. The measure of thought and study you give to the truth you hear will be the measure of virtue and knowledge that comes back to you--and more besides will be given to you who hear.
6). What length will we go to hear the wisdom of God?
a). Proverbs 2:1-5 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
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