Albert Barnes on Matthew 12:42
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Matthew12:42
The queen of the south. That is, the queen of Sheba, 1Kgs 10:1. Sheba was probably a city of Arabia, situated to the south of Judea. Comp. Isa 60:6.
From the uttermost parts of the earth. This means simply from the most distant parts of the hospitable world then known. See a similar expression in De 28:49. As the knowledge of geography was limited, the place was in fact by no means in the extreme parts of the earth. It means that she came from a remote country; and she would condemn that generation, for she came a great distance to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and the Jews of that age would not listen to the wisdom of One much greater than Solomon, though present with them.
(p) "queen" Lk 11:31 (q) "she came" 2Chr 9:1
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