1 Kings 10:3

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Kings 10:3 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Solomon declared to her all of her matters. No matter was hidden from the king that he did not declare to her.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king which he told her not.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And Salomon declared vnto her all her questions: nothing was hid from the King, which he expounded not vnto her.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And Solomon informed her of all the things she proposed to him: there was not any word the king was ignorant of, and which he could not answer her.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And Solomon declareth to her all her matters -- there hath not been a thing hid from the king that he hath not declared to her.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Solomon declares to her all her matters—there has not been a thing hid from the king that he has not declared to her.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing she asked that the king did not answer.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Solomon declared to her all of her matters. No matter was hidden from the king that he did not declare to her.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of: there was not a thing hidden from the king that he did not explain to her.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing he couldn't explain to her.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And Solomon told her all her questions; there was not any thing hid from the king which he told her not.

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נֶעְלָ֣ם
ʻâlam
H5956
“hiding”
Verb, Niphal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Verb
Stem
Niphal
Form
Participle Active
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 1629

to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret - (Qal) secret (participle) - (Niphal) - to be concealed - concealed, dissembler (participle) - (Hiphil) to conceal, hide - (Hithpael) to hide oneself
  1. וַיַּגֶּד nâgad H5046 “and · to make known” Conjunction + Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה Shᵉlômôh H8010 “Solomon” Noun, Proper
  3. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  4. כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  5. דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ dâbâr H1697 “words · her” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  6. לֹֽא lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
  7. הָיָ֤ה hâyâh H1961 “to be” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  8. דָּבָר֙ dâbâr H1697 “word” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  9. מִן min H4480 “from” Preposition
  10. הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ melek H4428 “the · king” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  11. אֲשֶׁ֧ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  12. לֹ֦א lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
  13. הִגִּ֖יד nâgad H5046 “to make known” Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

About this verse

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16
words
11
distinct lemmas
Historical
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Shared distinctive vocabulary

נֶעְלָ֣ם to hide H5956 occurs in 27 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 4 verbs
  • 5 nouns
  • 3 prepositions
  • 4 particles

Verb forms

  • וַיַּגֶּד Hiphil · Sequential Imperfect
  • הָיָ֤ה Qal · Perfect
  • נֶעְלָ֣ם Niphal · Participle Active
  • הִגִּ֖יד Hiphil · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • וַיַּגֶּד to make known H5046 ×2
  • דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ word H1697 ×2
  • לֹֽא not H3808 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 22 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 16 Hebrew tokens and 19 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 1 Kings 10:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 14:17 Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you.
  • 2 Samuel 14:20 to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
  • 1 Kings 3:12 behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.
  • 1 Kings 10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.
  • 2 Chronicles 9:2 Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he didn't tell her.
  • Proverbs 1:5–6 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; That the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
  • Proverbs 13:20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Isaiah 42:16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know; in paths that they don't know will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
  • Daniel 2:20–23 Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
  • Matthew 13:11 He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
  • John 7:17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
  • Colossians 2:3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
  • Hebrews 4:12–13 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 1 Kings 10:3 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיַּגֶּד לָ֥הּ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת כָּל דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ לֹֽא הָיָ֤ה דָּבָר֙ נֶעְלָ֣ם מִן הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א הִגִּ֖יד לָֽהּ

Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Kings 10:3 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀποἀγγέλλω αὐτός σαλωμών πᾶς ὁ λόγος αὐτός οὐ εἰμί λόγος παραὁράω παρά ὁ βασιλεύς ὅς οὐ ἀποἀγγέλλω αὐτός

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

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וְחַוִי לָהּ שְׁלֹמֹה יַת כָּל פִּתְגָמָהָא לָא הֲוָה מִדָעַם דְאִתְכַּסָא מִן מַלְכָּא דְלָא חַוִי לָהּ:

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    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 1 Kings 10:3 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

1Ki 10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not [any] thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

Ver. 3. And Solomon told her all her questions.] Whether they were theological, political, or natural.

There was not anything hid, &c.] He was no niggard of his great skill; the canker whereof, if he communicated it not, he well knew would one day witness against him.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

10:3-5 The queen was satisfied with Solomon’s wisdom. He answered all of her questions well, and she was overwhelmed by the applied wisdom in his building activities, well-organized administration and staff, and commitment to his God. Jesus commended the queen’s search for truth while condemning the Pharisees and teachers of religious law who failed to recognize him—the one who was greater than Solomon (Matt 12:42).

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 3. Solomon told her all her questions] Riddles, problems, fables, apologues, c., formed the principal part of the wisdom of the East indeed they use and delight in them to the present day. See the case of Samson and his friends, Jdg 14:12; Jdg 14:14, and the notes there.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

3. there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not] i.e. Nothing was too deep for him in all she asked, he discovered the correct answer and gave it to her.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And Solomon told her all her questions,.... Answered them, told her the meaning of everything she inquired about, expounded her riddles, solved her objections, and gave her satisfaction in all things she proposed unto him:

there was not anything hid from the king, which he told her not; there was not anything, though ever so abstruse and difficult, but what he understood, and gave her a clear and plain solution of.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

All her questions, Heb. all her matters; he satisfied her in all things she desired to know. There was not any thing she asked which Solomon did not both understand himself, and acquaint her with.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

And Solomon told her dyGih is used of solving riddles in, Jud_1:14:13 (Bahr) and interpreting dreams Gen_41:24; Dan_5:12 all her questions Heb. words; there was not anything hid from the king, which he told her not.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

the seating of his servants

Possible meanings are 1) "how his servants were seated around the table" or 2) "where his servants lived."

there was no more breath in her

This is an idiom. AT: "she was utterly amazed" (See: Idiom)

translationWords

king

wise

palace

servant

works

cupbearer

burnt offering

house of God

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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1 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 16 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻâlam (“to hide”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “to hide” (ʻâlam) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. How does Leviticus 4:13, which shares the word «to hide», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “to make known” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. «וַיַּגֶּד» is a Hiphil Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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