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</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">2 Chronicles 9</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="2_Chronicles_8" title="2 Chronicles 8">chapter 8</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="2_Chronicles_10" title="2 Chronicles 10">chapter 10</a> →</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">The complete Hebrew text of the <a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a> (1st and 2nd Chronicles) in the <a href="Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Leningrad Codex</a> (1008 CE).</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ketuvim" title="Ketuvim">Ketuvim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">14</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>2 Chronicles 9</b> is the ninth <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">chapter</a> of the Second Book of Chronicles the <a href="Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> in the <a href="Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> or of the second part of the <a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a> in the <a href="Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "<a href="The_Chronicler" title="The Chronicler">the Chronicler</a>", and had the final shape established in the late fifth or fourth century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of <a href="Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a> (<a href="2_Chronicles_1" title="2 Chronicles 1">2 Chronicles 1</a> to 9).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The focus of this chapter is Solomon's fame and wealth with the visit of the <a href="Queen_of_Sheba" title="Queen of Sheba">queen of Sheba</a> and the list of his treasures, ending with the report of his death and the history books containing his activities.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287–288_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287–288-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>This chapter was originally written in the <a href="Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew language</a> and <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">is divided into</a> 31 verses.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3></div>

<p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in <a href="Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew</a> are of the <a href="Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a>, which includes the <a href="Aleppo_Codex" title="Aleppo Codex">Aleppo Codex</a> (10th century) and <a href="Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Codex Leningradensis</a> (1008.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Testament_references">Old Testament references</h3></div>

<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Chronicles#9:1" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Chronicles">2 Chronicles 9:1–12</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Kings#10:1" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Kings">1 Kings 10:1–13</a><sup id="cite_ref-bsb_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Chronicles#9:13" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Chronicles">2 Chronicles 9:13–28</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Kings#10:14" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Kings">1 Kings 10:14–29</a><sup id="cite_ref-bsb_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Chronicles#9:29" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Chronicles">2 Chronicles 9:29–31</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Kings#11:41" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Kings">1 Kings 11:41–43</a><sup id="cite_ref-bsb_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_queen_of_Sheba's_visit_(9:1–12)"> The queen of Sheba's visit (9:1–12)</h2></div>

<p>The story of the Queen of Sheba's visit to Jerusalem was almost identical with that in <a href="1_Kings_10" title="1 Kings 10">1 Kings 10</a> and fits extremely well for international recognition of Judah's rulers in the Chronicles (cf. e.g. 1 Chronicles 14:17).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_9">Verse 9</h3></div>

<dl><dd><i>And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones; there never were any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.</i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>

<ul><li>"120 talents": a talent was about 34 kilograms (75 lb),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007631_Hebrew_Bible_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007631_Hebrew_Bible-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so 120 talents weigh about 4.5 tons or 4 metric tons.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>"<a href="Queen_of_Sheba" title="Queen of Sheba">Queen of Sheba</a>" (from <a href="Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מַלְכַּת־ שְׁבָא</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">malkat-šəḇā</i></span>; <a href="Koine_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Koine Greek language">Koine Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">βασίλισσα Σαβὰ</span> in the <a href="Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>): deduced by most experts to be from an African kingdom centered around the ancient kingdoms of Nubia and Aksum, in present-day <a href="Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, which location name "Sheba" was quite well known in the classical world as <a href="Arabia_Felix" title="Arabia Felix">Arabia Felix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ej2-queen_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ej2-queen-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the middle of the first millennium BCE, the Sabaeans were recorded to dwell in the <a href="Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>, the area that later became the realm of <a href="Aksum" class="mw-redirect" title="Aksum">Aksum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ei2-saba_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ei2-saba-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> <a href="Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospels</a>, she was referred to as the "queen of the South" (<a href="Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">βασίλισσα νότου</span>, <a href="Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Regina austri</i>), who "came from the uttermost parts of the earth", i.e. from the extremities of the then known world, to hear the wisdom of Solomon (<a href="Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Mt.</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#12:42" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">12:42</a>; <a href="Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Lk.</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#11:31" class="extiw external" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">11:31</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solomon's_wealth_(9:13–28)"> Solomon's wealth (9:13–28)</h2></div>

<p>This section with substantial information regarding Solomon's splendor and power largely parallels with 1 Kings 10:14–28a, describing how the promise of unmatched wealth and wisdom (2 Chronicles 1:11–12) was fulfilled in Solomon.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007630–631_Hebrew_Bible_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007630–631_Hebrew_Bible-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Verse 25a corresponds with 1 Kings 5:6, verse 25b with 1 Kings 10:26b,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas verse 26 includes information recorded in 1 Kings 5:1<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and verses 27–28 with 1 Kings 10:27–28.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some materials in 1 Kings 10 with no parallel in this chapter can be found in 2 Chronicles 1:14-17.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_death_of_Solomon_(9:29–31)"> The death of Solomon (9:29–31)</h2></div>

<p>The Chronicles report that Solomon enjoyed a peaceful reign of unified Israel kingdom from the beginning to the end ('from first to last'; instead of 'all that he did' in 1 Kings 11:41), omitting any negative information found in other documents (1 Kings 9:11–16; 11:1–38) and also not to present Solomon's wisdom as his most significant quality.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007632_Hebrew_Bible_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007632_Hebrew_Bible-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of using 'the Book of the Acts of Solomon', the Chronicles use 'the history of the prophet Nathan, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of the seer Iddo concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat' – three prophetic sources just like David (1 Chronicles 29:29) – covering the beginning of Solomon's reign (Nathan, cf. 1 Kings 1), to its end (Ahijah; cf. 1 Kings 11:29), whereas Iddo is mentioned again as a source in 2 Chronicles 12:15 (Rehoboam) and 13:22 (Abijah).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007288-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li><a href="Ezion-Geber" title="Ezion-Geber">Ezion-Geber</a></li>

<li><a href="Ophir" title="Ophir">Ophir</a></li>

<li><a href="Sheba" title="Sheba">Sheba</a></li>

<li><a href="Tarshish" title="Tarshish">Tarshish</a></li></ul></div>

<li>Related <a href="Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="Deuteronomy_32" class="mw-redirect" title="Deuteronomy 32">Deuteronomy 32</a>, <a href="1_Kings_1" title="1 Kings 1">1 Kings 1</a>, <a href="1_Kings_5" title="1 Kings 5">1 Kings 5</a>, <a href="1_Kings_9" title="1 Kings 9">1 Kings 9</a>, <a href="1_Kings_10" title="1 Kings 10">1 Kings 10</a>, <a href="1_Kings_11" title="1 Kings 11">1 Kings 11</a>, <a href="1_Chronicles_22" title="1 Chronicles 22">1 Chronicles 22</a>, <a href="1_Chronicles_29" title="1 Chronicles 29">1 Chronicles 29</a>, <a href="Matthew_12" title="Matthew 12">Matthew 12</a>, <a href="Luke_11" title="Luke 11">Luke 11</a></li>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The whole book of 2 Chronicles is missing from the extant <a href="Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAckroyd1993">Ackroyd 1993</a>, p. 113.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMathys2007">Mathys 2007</a>, p. 268.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAckroyd1993">Ackroyd 1993</a>, pp. 113–114.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287–288-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287–288_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMathys2007">Mathys 2007</a>, pp. 287–288.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWürthwein1995">Würthwein 1995</a>, pp. 35–37.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199573–74-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199573–74_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWürthwein1995">Würthwein 1995</a>, pp. 73–74.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <cite id="CITEREFHerbermann1913" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Codex_Sinaiticus" class="extiw external" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a>". <i><a href="Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-bsb-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bsb_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bsb_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bsb_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/bsb/2_chronicles/9.htm">2 Chronicles 9 Berean Study Bible</a>. Biblehub</span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007287_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMathys2007">Mathys 2007</a>, p. 287.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Chronicles+9:9&version=nkjv">2 Chronicles 9:9</a> <a href="New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">NKJV</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007631_Hebrew_Bible-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007631_Hebrew_Bible_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCoogan2007">Coogan 2007</a>, p. 631 Hebrew Bible.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note on 2 Chronicles 9:9 in <a href="English_Standard_Version" title="English Standard Version">ESV</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note on 2 Chronicles 9:9 in <a href="Modern_English_Version" title="Modern English Version">MEV</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFFrancis_Brown1906" class="citation cs2"><a href="Francis_Brown_(theologian)" title="Francis Brown (theologian)">Francis Brown</a>, ed. (1906), "שְׁבָא", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hebrewenglishlex00browuoft"><i>Hebrew and English Lexicon</i></a>, Oxford University Press, p. 985a</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFAlan_England_BrookeNorman_McLeanHenry_John_Thackeray1930" class="citation cs2">Alan England Brooke; Norman McLean; Henry John Thackeray, eds. (1930), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/download/OldTestamentGreeklxxTextCodexVaticanus/06.OTGreek.Vat.v2.LHB.p2.Kings.I.II.Brooke.McLean.1930..pdf"><i>The Old Testament in Greek</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, vol. II.2, Cambridge University Press, p. 243</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_McClintockJames_Strong1891" class="citation cs2"><a href="John_McClintock_(theologian)" title="John McClintock (theologian)">John McClintock</a>; <a href="James_Strong_(theologian)" title="James Strong (theologian)">James Strong</a>, eds. (1891), "Sheba", <a href="Cyclopaedia_of_Biblical%2C_Theological_and_Ecclesiastical_Literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature"><i>Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature</i></a>, vol. 9, Harper & Brothers, pp. <span class="nowrap">626–</span>628</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007630–631_Hebrew_Bible-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007630–631_Hebrew_Bible_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCoogan2007">Coogan 2007</a>, pp. 630–631 Hebrew Bible.</span>

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<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFAckroyd1993" class="citation book cs1">Ackroyd, Peter R (1993). "Chronicles, Books of". In <a href="Bruce_M._Metzger" title="Bruce M. Metzger">Metzger, Bruce M</a>; Coogan, Michael D (eds.). <i>The Oxford Companion to the Bible</i>. Oxford University Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">113–</span>116. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0195046458</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFBennett2018" class="citation book cs1">Bennett, William (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SZo3DwAAQBAJ"><i>The Expositor's Bible: The Books of Chronicles</i></a>. Litres. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-5040825196</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFCoogan2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Michael_D._Coogan" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael D. Coogan">Coogan, Michael David</a> (2007). Coogan, Michael David; Brettler, Marc Zvi; Newsom, Carol Ann; Perkins, Pheme (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HmpMPgAACAAJ"><i>The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48</i></a> (Augmented 3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9780195288810</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFMabie2017" class="citation book cs1">Mabie, Frederick (2017). "I. The Chronicler's Genealogical Survey of All Israel". In Longman III, Tremper; Garland, David E (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E8ESDgAAQBAJ"><i>1 and 2 Chronicles</i></a>. The Expositor's Bible Commentary. Zondervan. pp. <span class="nowrap">267–</span>308. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0310531814</bdi><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 6,</span> 2019</span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFMathys2007" class="citation book cs1">Mathys, H. P. (2007). "14. 1 and 2 Chronicles". In <a href="John_Barton_(theologian)" title="John Barton (theologian)">Barton, John</a>; <a href="John_Muddiman" title="John Muddiman">Muddiman, John</a> (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ"><i>The Oxford Bible Commentary</i></a> (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">267–</span>308. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0199277186</bdi><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 6,</span> 2019</span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFWürthwein1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Ernst_W%C3%BCrthwein" title="Ernst Würthwein">Würthwein, Ernst</a> (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC"><i>The Text of the Old Testament</i></a>. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: <a href="William_B._Eerdmans_Publishing_Company" title="William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company">William B. Eerdmans</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-8028-0788-7</bdi><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> translations:

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16558">Divrei Hayamim II - II Chronicles - Chapter 9 (Judaica Press)</a> in Hebrew and English translation [with <a href="Rashi" title="Rashi">Rashi</a>'s commentary] at Chabad.org</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> translations:

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gospelhall.org/bible/bible.php?passage=2+Chronicles+9"><i>Online Bible</i> at GospelHall.org</a> (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=14&chapter=9&version=9">2 Chronicles Chapter 9. Bible Gateway</a></li></ul></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Tel_Megiddo" title="Tel Megiddo">Megiddo</a></li>

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<li><a href="Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li>

<li><a href="Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Sea of the Arabah</a></li>

<li><a href="Tahpenes" title="Tahpenes">Tahpenes</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Persons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rulers of Israel/Judah</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Abijah_of_Judah" title="Abijah of Judah">Abijah (king)</a></li>

<li><a href="Abijah_(queen)" title="Abijah (queen)">Abijah (queen)</a></li>

<li><a href="Ahaziah_of_Israel" title="Ahaziah of Israel">Ahaziah of Israel</a></li>

<li><a href="Ahaziah_of_Judah" title="Ahaziah of Judah">Ahaziah of Judah</a></li>

<li><a href="Amaziah_of_Judah" title="Amaziah of Judah">Amaziah</a></li>

<li><a href="Athaliah" title="Athaliah">Athaliah</a></li>

<li><a href="David" title="David">David</a></li>

<li><a href="Gedaliah" title="Gedaliah">Gedaliah</a></li>

<li><a href="Hezekiah" title="Hezekiah">Hezekiah</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeconiah" title="Jeconiah">Jeconiah</a></li>

<li><a href="Jehoahaz_of_Judah" title="Jehoahaz of Judah">Jehoahaz of Judah</a></li>

<li><a href="Jehoakim" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehoakim">Jehoakim</a></li>

<li><a href="Jehoash_of_Israel" title="Jehoash of Israel">Jehoash of Israel</a></li>

<li><a href="Jehoash_of_Judah" title="Jehoash of Judah">Jehoash of Judah</a></li>

<li><a href="Jehoram_of_Israel" title="Jehoram of Israel">Jehoram of Israel</a></li>

<li><a href="Jehoram_of_Judah" title="Jehoram of Judah">Jehoram of Judah</a></li>

<li><a href="Jehoshaphat" title="Jehoshaphat">Jehoshaphat</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeroboam_II" title="Jeroboam II">Jeroboam II</a></li>

<li><a href="Josiah" title="Josiah">Josiah</a></li>

<li><a href="Jotham" title="Jotham">Jotham</a></li>

<li><a href="Manasseh_of_Judah" title="Manasseh of Judah">Manasseh</a></li>

<li><a href="Pekah" title="Pekah">Pekah</a></li>

<li><a href="Rehoboam" title="Rehoboam">Rehoboam</a></li>

<li><a href="Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a></li>

<li><a href="Uzziah" title="Uzziah">Uzziah</a></li>

<li><a href="Zedekiah" title="Zedekiah">Zedekiah</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rulers outside Israel/Judah</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Evil-Merodach" class="mw-redirect" title="Evil-Merodach">Evil-Merodach</a></li>

<li><a href="Hazael" title="Hazael">Hazael</a></li>

<li><a href="Nebuchadnezzar_II" title="Nebuchadnezzar II">Nebuchadnezzar</a></li>

<li><a href="Rezin" title="Rezin">Rezin</a></li>

<li><a href="Shalmaneser_V" title="Shalmaneser V">Shalmaneser</a></li>

<li><a href="Sennacherib" title="Sennacherib">Sennacherib</a></li>

<li><a href="Tiglath-Pileser_III" title="Tiglath-Pileser III">Tiglath-Pileser III</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prophets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Elijah" title="Elijah">Elijah</a></li>

<li><a href="Isaiah" title="Isaiah">Isaiah</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeremiah" title="Jeremiah">Jeremiah</a></li>

<li><a href="Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a></li>

<li><a href="Nathan_(prophet)" title="Nathan (prophet)">Nathan</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Hephzibah" title="Hephzibah">Hephzibah</a></li>

<li><a href="Maacah" title="Maacah">Maacah</a></li>

<li><a href="Nimshi" title="Nimshi">Nimshi</a></li>

<li><a href="Jaazaniah" title="Jaazaniah">Jaazaniah</a></li>

<li><a href="Jehosheba" title="Jehosheba">Jehosheba</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases/events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ark_of_the_Covenant" title="Ark of the Covenant">Ark of the Covenant</a></li>

<li><a href="Assyrian_captivity" title="Assyrian captivity">Assyrian captivity</a></li>

<li><a href="Assyrian_siege_of_Jerusalem" title="Assyrian siege of Jerusalem">Assyrian siege of Jerusalem</a></li>

<li><a href="Babylonian_captivity" title="Babylonian captivity">Babylonian captivity</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Carchemish" title="Battle of Carchemish">Battle of Carchemish</a></li>

<li><a href="Beelzebub" title="Beelzebub">Beelzebub</a></li>

<li><a href="Covenant_of_salt" title="Covenant of salt">Covenant of salt</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Destruction_of_Sennacherib" title="The Destruction of Sennacherib">Destruction of Sennacherib</a></li>

<li><a href="Nebuchadnezzar_Chronicle" title="Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle">Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle</a></li>

<li><a href="Solomon's_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></li>

<li><a href="Holy_Spirit_(Judaism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Spirit (Judaism)">Spirit of the Lord</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Authorship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="The_Chronicler" title="The Chronicler">The Chronicler</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/he:%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:he:דברי הימים ב ניקוד">Hebrew Bible</a></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%92%27" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:el:Παραλειπομένων Β'">Septuagint</a></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/2_Paralipomenon" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/2 Paralipomenon">Wycliffe Bible</a></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/2 Chronicles">King James Version</a></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/2_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/2 Chronicles">American Standard Version</a></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/2_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/2 Chronicles">World English Version</a></li></ul>

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