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2 Chronicles 9:23

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.

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

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.

25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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BSB
All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
KJV
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
WEB
All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
ASV
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
DARBY
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
BLB
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart.
ÅB
Fra alle jordens kanter kom det konger for å se Salomo og høre hans visdom, som Gud hadde lagt i hans hjerte,
OTB
Og alle jordens konger søkte Salomos nærvær, for å høre den visdom som Gud hadde lagt i hans hjerte.
B1930
Fra alle jordens kanter kom det konger for å se Salomo og høre hans visdom, som Gud hadde lagt i hans hjerte,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 3:17

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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  • James 1:5

    If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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  • Proverbs 2:6

    For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

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  • 1 Kings 4:34

    And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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  • Ephesians 1:17

    That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:10–12

    Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

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  • Isaiah 11:10

    And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

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  • Daniel 5:11

    There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

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