Barnes New Testament Notes

Verse 42. The queen of the south. That is, the queen of Sheba, 1 Ki 10:1. Sheba was probably a city of Arabia, situated to the south of Judea. Comp. See Barnes "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" Lu 11:31 {q} "she came" 2 Ch 9:1