The first letter of each of the following responses will form the word which identifies something a great queen wanted to hear from a great man which prompted her to travel a great distance. This journey formed the basis of a coming judgment. [1] The number in brackets indicates the number of words in each answer.
1. The purpose for which a queen’s treasurer had journeyed to a foreign land. [1]
2. Something which a king of Judah’s mother had made, that resulted in her removal from being queen. [1]
3. What did the queen of Sheba give to Solomon in great quantity that is described as “there came no more such abundance”? [1]
4. How the corrupt religious system of the world, which Scripture likens to a woman, lived her life as she glorified herself, sitting as a queen. [1]
5. The desire of a beautiful queen, that became assured when she was permitted to draw near the throne and touch the king’s scepter. [2]
6. The beneficiaries mentioned in a request made by a queen who had prepared a banquet to persuade the king to respond favorably. [2]
Answers to these questions will be found, Lord willing, in the next issue of Christian Shepherd.
R. Erisman