The wisdom, palace, food, servants, their clothing and manners, drinks, sacrifices—this is about the complete picture of Solomon’s kingship. Everything connects with everything else. Everything has been thought through. Everything has a purpose. Everything works. It is beautiful that also the sacrifices are mentioned here. Solomon also shows his honourable guest from the world of heathens the temple of the Lord and the sacrifices he offers there. The king of Israel is not silent about his faith in God before this queen and he does not keep it hidden from her.
This God—that is his secret. But he does not hide this secret; everyone may see it. In Israel there is a correlation between what happens in the palace and how religion takes shape. Life is a unity. Believing in God is not only something that affects our inner being, but it also has consequences for society. It makes society to a multi-coloured and harmonious mosaic.
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,