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1Ki 10:6 Strong Concordance And she said [0559] to the king [04428], It was a true [0571] report [01697] that I heard [08085] in mine own land [0776] of thy acts [01697] and of thy wisdom [02451].
  King James And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom--The proofs she obtained of Solomon's wisdom--not from his conversation only, but also from his works; the splendor of his palace; the economy of his kitchen and table; the order of his court; the gradations and gorgeous costume of his servants; above all, the arched viaduct that led from his palace to the temple (Kg2 16:18), and the remains of which have been recently discovered [ROBINSON]--overwhelmed her with astonishment. [See on Ch2 9:4.]
 
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4 And the meat [03978] of his table [07979], and the sitting [04186] of his servants [05650], and the attendance [04612] of his ministers [08334], and their apparel [04403]; his cupbearers [08248] also, and their apparel [04403]; and his ascent [05944] by which he went up [05927] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]; there was no more spirit [07307] in her.
18 And the covert [04329] [04329] for the sabbath [07676] that they had built [01129] in the house [01004], and the king's [04428] entry [03996] without [02435], turned [05437] he from the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] for [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].