Solomon Rejoiced in God-sent Wisdom and Prosperity, October 13

Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made He thee king, to do judgment and justice. 1 Kings 10:8, 9. The queen of Sheba came to visit Solomon. Hearing of his wisdom, and of the magnificent temple he had built, she determined “to prove him with hard questions,” and to see for herself his famous works. Attended by a retinue of servants, and with camels bearing “spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones,” she made the long journey to Jerusalem. “And when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.” She talked with him of the mysteries of nature; and Solomon taught her of the God of nature, the great Creator, who dwells in the highest heaven, and rules over all. “Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king, which he told her not.” ... By the time of the close of her visit, the queen had been so fully taught by Solomon as to the source of his wisdom and prosperity, that she was constrained, not to extol the human agent, but to exclaim: “Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighteth in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore made He thee king, to do judgment and justice.”—Prophets and Kings, 66, 67.