3 Kings 10:3
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.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et docuit eam Salomon omnia verba quæ proposuerat : non fuit sermo qui regem posset latere, et non responderet ei.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῇ Σαλωμὼν πάντας τοὺς λόγους αὐτῆς· οὐκ ἦν λόγος παρεωραμένος παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ὃν οὐκ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῇ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיַּגֶּד לָ֥הּ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת כָּל דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ לֹֽא הָיָ֤ה דָּבָר֙ נֶעְלָ֣ם מִן הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א הִגִּ֖יד לָֽהּ
The Fathers on this verse
St Ambrose On the Duties of the Clergy, Chapter X. Men entrust their safety rather to a just than to a prudent man. But every one is wont to seek out the man who combines in himself the qualities of justice and prudence. Solomon gives us an example of this. (The words which the queen of Sheba spoke of him are explained.) Also Daniel and Joseph
51. And if one connects the two, there will be great soundness in the advice given, which is regarded by all with admiration for the wisdom shown, and with love for its justice. And so all will desire to hear the wisdom of that man in whom those two virtues are found together, as all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of Solomon and to hear his wisdom. Nay, even the queen of Sheba came to him and tried him with questions. She came and spoke of all the things that were in her heart, and heard all the wisdom of Solomon, nor did any word escape her.