Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Heard

For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.

Concerning

And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

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

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Prove him

And Samson said to them, "Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes,

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

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

General references

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

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

May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!