2 Chronicles 9:5-8 and said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own country concerning thine acts and concerning thy wisdom;

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ and said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own country concerning thine acts and concerning thy wisdom; ⁶ but I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Now behold I was not told one half of the greatness of thy wisdom. Thou hast surpassed the report which I heard. ⁷ Happy are these men of thine! happy these thy servants who wait upon thee continually and hear thy wisdom! ⁸ blessed be the Lord thy God who delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be a king for the Lord thy God. Because the Lord thy God loved Israel, therefore, that he might establish them forever, he made thee king over them to execute judgment and justice.