And Solomon answered all her questions, and showed her all his work and his riches. When she had seen the house he had built and the food daily spread on his table, and the number of his servants, and the ascent which he had built to go up to the House of the Lord, the queen seemed to have no more strength in her, and she exclaimed:
"It was a true report that I heard in mine own country, but the half was not told me!"
"Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom."
"Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighteth in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel . . . to do judgment and justice."
And she gave King Solomon gold, and a very great store of spices and precious stones, which she had brought on her camels from afar.
And Solomon gave her whatever she asked of him, besides the royal presents which, as a great king, he bestowed upon her unasked.
There is a verse in Isaiah and another in the Psalms which I love to read, which seem to remind us not only of the Queen of Sheba, but of that glorious day which is coming by and by for those who are the children of God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ:—
"For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him."
"Thou wilt show me the path of life; in Thy presence is fullness of joy: at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."
[XIV. THREE COMMANDMENTS
ABOUT EARTHLY THINGS]
V. "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God hath given thee."