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2 Chronicles 9:22

Solomon

20 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

21 For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

23 All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

24 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
KJV
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
WEB
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
ASV
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
DARBY
And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
BLB
And King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
ÅB
Kong Salomo ble større enn alle jordens konger i rikdom og visdom.
OTB
Slik overgikk kong Salomo alle jordens konger i rikdom og visdom.
B1930
Kong Salomo blev større enn alle jordens konger i rikdom og visdom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 1:12

    therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”

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  • 1 Kings 4:30–31

    Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

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  • 1 Kings 3:12–13

    behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.

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  • Psalms 89:27

    I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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  • 1 Kings 10:23–24

    So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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  • Colossians 2:2–3

    that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

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  • Matthew 12:42

    The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

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