1 Kings 10:8 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

NIV: How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

NASB: Blessed are your men, and blessed are these servants of yours who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom!

CSB: How happy are your men. How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

NLT: How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!

KJV: Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

NKJV: Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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