1 Kings 10:1
Solomon Entertains a Queen
1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ▼▼tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”
▼▼tc The Hebrew text also has, “to the name of the Lord,” which is very awkward due to its unusual syntax. The phrase is omitted in the parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:1. The word “report” is followed by the preposition ל (lamed) in Isa 23:5 and Hos 7:12 and indicates whom the message came to. And otherwise the collocation of לְשֵׁם (leshem, “to the name”) does not follow either a proper noun or the word report elsewhere in scripture. If retained, perhaps it should be translated, “for the reputation of the Lord.”
she came to challenge ▼▼tn Or “test.”
him with difficult questions. ▼▼tn Or “riddles.”
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