And you shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

And what manner of nation [is so] great, which has righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law, which I set before you this day?

Ask of the former days which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth; and [beginning] at the [one] end of heaven to the other, if there has ever happened such a great event as this; if such a thing has ever been heard;

[Or] did God [ever] try to go and take for Himself a nation out of the midst of [another] nation by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt in your sight?

His voice was made audible from heaven to instruct you, and He showed you His great fire upon the earth, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.

to destroy nations greater and stronger than you before your face, to bring you in, to give you their land to inherit, as you have this day.

and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land, for the fear of you has fallen upon us.

And when we heard it we were amazed in our heart, and there was no longer any spirit in any of us because of you, for the Lord your God [is] God in heaven above, and on the earth below.

And they came to Joshua into the camp of Israel, to Gilgal, and said to Joshua and Israel, We have come from a far land. Now then, make a covenant with us.

And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you, and where do you come from?

Now the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to test him with riddles.

And Solomon answered all her questions. And there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.

and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his clothing, and his cup-bearers, and his whole burnt offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed.

But I did not believe those that told it to me, until I came and my eyes saw: and behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half [of it]; you have exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has taken pleasure in you, to set you upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish [him] forever; and He has made you king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.

And the ships of Hiram which brought the gold from Ophir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones.

And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of King Solomon. And she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.

And Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved His people, He made you king over them.

And Hiram said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to King David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

SAMECH. All that go by the way have clapped their hands at you; they have hissed and shaken their head at the daughter of Jerusalem. Is this the city, they say, the crown of joy of all the earth?

For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did indeed receive [what you have], why do you boast as though you did not receive it?