2 Chronicles 9:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

I believed

John 20:25

The one half

1 John 3:2

Exceedest

2 Chronicles 9:5

1 Kings 4:31

Song of Songs 5:9

Bible References

I believed

So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in His hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe!”

The one half

But I didn’t believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, I was not even told half. Your wisdom and prosperity far exceed the report I heard.

How great is Your goodness
that You have stored up for those who fear You
and accomplished in the sight of everyone
for those who take refuge in You.

How lovely and beautiful they will be!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine, the young women.

But as it is written:

What eye did not see and ear did not hear,
and what never entered the human mind—
God prepared this for those who love Him.

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

Exceedest

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and about your wisdom is true.

He was wiser than anyone—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol. His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations.

Y What makes the one you love better than another,
most beautiful of women?
What makes him better than another,
that you would give us this charge?