1 Kings 10:1

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ¹  she came to challenge ²  him with difficult questions. ³ 

Ge 10:7,28; Ge 25:3; Jud 14:12-14; 1Ki 4:31,34; 2Ch 9:1-12; Job 6:19; Job 28:28; Ps 49:4; Ps 72:10,15; Pr 1:5,6; Pr 2:3-6; Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Eze 27:22,23; Eze 38:13; Mt 12:42; Mt 13:11,35; Mr 4:34; Lu 11:31; Joh 17:3; 1Co 1:20,21

¹ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.” The Hebrew text also has, “to the name of the Lord,” which fits very awkwardly in the sentence. If retained, perhaps it should be translated, “because of the reputation of the Lord.” The phrase, which is omitted in the parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:1, may be an addition based on the queen’s declaration of praise to the Lord in v. 9.

² tn Or “test.”

³ tn Or “riddles.”