1 Kings 10 · Verse 5

1 Kings 10:5

And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
1 Kings 10:5, King James Version

1 Kings 10:5 in other translations

BSBthe food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
WEBthe food of his table, the sitting of his servants, the attendance of his officials, their clothing, his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the LORD’s house, there was no more spirit in her.
ASVand the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.
YLTand the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.
DARBYand the food of his table, and the deportment of his servants, and the order of service of his attendants, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah, there was no more spirit in her.
BBEAnd the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
WebsterAnd the provisions of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

What does 1 Kings 10:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 The meat of his table - The immense supply of all kinds of food daily necessary for the many thousands which were fed at and from his table. See 1Kgs 4:22-23 (note). And the sitting of his servants - The various orders and distinctions of his officers. The attendance of his ministers - See the account of these and their attendance, 1Kgs 4:1, etc. And their apparel - The peculiarity of their robes, and their splendor and costliness. And his cup-bearers - The original משקיו mashkaiv may as well be applied to his beverage, or to his drinking utensils, as to his cup-bearers. And his ascent by which he went up - It seems very strange that the steps to the temple should be such a separate matter of astonishment. The original is ועלתו אשר יעלה בית יהוה which all the versions have translated, And the holocausts which he offered in the house of the Lord. The Vulgate, Septuagint, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, all express this sense: so does the German translation of Luther, from which, in this place, we have most pitifully departed: And seine Brandopfer, die er in dem Hause des Herrn opferte; "And his burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord." There was no more spirit in her - She was overpowered with astonishment; she fainted. I have seen precisely the same effect produced; a lady who was herself an artist, viewing some exquisitely finished oriental paintings, was so struck with astonishment that she twice nearly fainted, and was obliged to leave the room. What happened to the queen of Sheba is a natural and not an uncommon effect which will be produced in a delicate sensible mind at the sight of rare and extraordinary productions of art. Of the profusion of Solomon's sacrifices we have already had proof, 1Kgs 8:63; 1Kgs 9:25.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 10:1-13

The queen of Sheba came to Solomon to hear his wisdom, thereby to improve her own. Our Saviour mentions her inquiries after God, by Solomon, as showing the stupidity of those who inquire not after God, by our Lord Jesus Christ. By waiting and prayer, by diligently searching the Scriptures, by consulting wise and experienced Christians, and by practising what we have learned, we shall be delivered from difficulties…

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1 Kings 10:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמַאֲכַ֣לu.ma.'a.Khaland [the] food ofH3978
שֻׁלְחָנ֡וֹshul.cha.Notable hisH7979
וּמוֹשַׁ֣בu.mo.Shavand [the] seating ofH4186
עֲבָדָיו֩'a.va.Davservants hisH5650
וּמַעֲמַ֨דu.ma.'a.Madand [the] standing ofH4612
מְשָׁרְתָ֜יוme.sha.re.tovservants hisH8334
וּמַלְבֻּֽשֵׁיהֶם֙u.mal.bu.shei.Hemand clothes theirH4403
וּמַשְׁקָ֔יוu.mash.Kavand cup-bearers hisH4945
וְעֹ֣לָת֔וֹve.'O.la.Toand burnt offering[s] hisH5930
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
יַעֲלֶ֖הya.'a.Lehhe offered upH5927
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
הָ֥יָהHa.yahit wasH1961
בָ֛הּvahin her
ע֖וֹדodstillH5750
רֽוּחַ\׃Ru.achbreathH7307

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 10:5

  • 1 Chronicles 26:16

    To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

  • Ezekiel 46:2

    And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

  • Joshua 5:1

    And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 44:3

    It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

  • 2 Kings 16:18

    And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:4

    And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:13

    And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

  • 1 Kings 4:22-23

    And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:18

    Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the meat.
4:22,23
attendance. Heb. standing. cup-bearers. or, butlers.ascent. The original {weölatho asher yaäleh baith yehowah,} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [kai ten olokowtosin autou en anepheren en oiko Kuriou;] {et holocausta, quæ offerebat in domo Domini,} "And the burnt offerings (or holocausts) which he offered in the house of the Lord;" with which the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic agree; and so also Luther, {llnd feine Brandopfer, bie er in bem Daufe bes Derrn opferte;} and this seems to be the true sense of the passage.
2Ki 16:18; 1Ch 9:18; 26:16; 2Ch 23:13; Eze 44:3; 46:2
there was no.
Jos 5:1; 2Ch 9:4

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Context

  • 1 Kings 10:4

    And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,

  • 1 Kings 10:5

    And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

  • 1 Kings 10:6

    And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

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1 Kings 10:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Asimismo la comida de su mesa, el asiento de sus siervos, el estado y vestidos de los que le servían, sus maestresalas, y sus holocaustos que sacrificaba en la casa de Jehová, quedóse enajenada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et les mets de sa table, et la tenue de ses serviteurs, et l’ordre de service de ses officiers, et leurs vêtements, et ses échansons, et la rampe par laquelle il montait dans la maison de l’ Éternel, et il n’y eut plus d’esprit en elle;
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Speise seines Tisches, und das Sitzen seiner Knechte, und das Aufwarten seiner Diener, und ihre Kleidung und seine Mundschenken, und seinen Aufgang, auf welchem er in das Haus Jehovas hinaufging, da geriet sie außer sich
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et cibos mensæ ejus, et habitacula servorum, et ordines ministrantium, vestesque eorum, et pincernas, et holocausta quæ offerebat in domo Domini: non habebat ultra spiritum.