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2 Chronicles 9:22

Solomon

20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

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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.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 1:12

    Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

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  • 1 Kings 4:30–31

    And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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  • 1 Kings 3:12–13

    Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

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  • Psalms 89:27

    Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

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  • 1 Kings 10:23–24

    So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

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  • Colossians 2:2–3

    That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

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  • Matthew 12:42

    The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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