2 Chronicles 9:2

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 9:2 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; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he didn't tell her.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he didn't tell her.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Solomon declared to her all her matters; and a matter was not concealed from Solomon which he did not declare to her.

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

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נֶעְלַ֤ם
ʻâlam
H5956
“to hide”
Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
Verb
Stem
Niphal
Form
Perfect
Person
3rd Person
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
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. וְלֹֽא lôʼ H3808 “and · not” Conjunction + Particle, Negative
  7. דָּבָר֙ dâbâr H1697 “word” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  8. מִשְּׁלֹמֹ֔ה Shᵉlômôh H8010 “from · Solomon” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  9. אֲשֶׁ֧ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  10. לֹ֦א lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
  11. הִגִּ֖יד nâgad H5046 “to make known” Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

About this verse

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14
words
8
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

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

Grammatical profile

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

Verb forms

  • וַיַּגֶּד Hiphil · Sequential Imperfect
  • נֶעְלַ֤ם Niphal · Perfect
  • הִגִּ֖יד Hiphil · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • וַיַּגֶּד to make known H5046 ×2
  • שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה Solomon H8010 ×2
  • דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ word H1697 ×2
  • וְלֹֽא not H3808 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 20 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 14 Hebrew tokens and 18 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 2 Chronicles 9:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 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 4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
  • Proverbs 13:20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Proverbs 18:4 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
  • Mark 4:11 He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
  • Mark 4:34 Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained all things.
  • John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
  • Colossians 2:3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
  • Hebrews 4:12 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.
  • James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 9:2 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיַּגֶּד לָ֥הּ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת כָּל דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ וְלֹֽא נֶעְלַ֤ם דָּבָר֙ מִשְּׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א הִגִּ֖יד לָֽהּ

Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he didn't tell her.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 9:2 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀναἀγγέλλω αὐτός σαλωμών πᾶς ὁ λόγος αὐτός καί οὐ παραἔρχομαι λόγος ἀπό σαλωμών ὅς οὐ ἀποἀγγέλλω αὐτός

And Solomon told her all her words; and there passed not a word from Solomon which he told her not.

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 →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 9:2 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

2Ch 9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

Ver. 2. And Solomon told her all her questions.] Which were not of those curious and frivolous ones condemned by St Paul: but weighty and necessary, concerning God and his providence, concerning sin, good works, life eternal, &c., questions also political and moral.

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.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

There was no question so hard that he did not resolve.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

2. nothing] R.V. not any thing (as 1 Kin.).

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.

The Pulpit Commentary

Nothing hid from Solomon; i.e. nothing obscure to him no question knotty for Solomon.

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

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

and nothing was hidden Since she saw that he told her everything, and nothing that she asked him was hidden, she admitted that the report she had heard was true. In the Targum (Sheni) of Megillath Esther (1:2), some of the riddles that she asked him are written.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 14 words (8 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. The word ʻâlam carries the sense “to hide.” How does it shape the verse?
  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. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  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 Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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