So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 10:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 3:12-13 behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you. I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
- 1 Kings 4:29-34 God gave Solomon abundant wisdom and understanding, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore. Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around. He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five. He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
- 2 Chronicles 9:22-23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
- Ephesians 3:8 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Colossians 1:18-19 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence. For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
- Colossians 2:2-3 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
- Psalms 89:27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings…
1Ki 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
Ver. 23. For riches and wisdom.] Take them both together, and well he might be imparallel: for Stultitiam patiuntur opes: and Difficile est opibus non tradire mores.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the…
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. In which he was an eminent type of Christ; see Eph 3:8.
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kg1 10:24And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. For it was all of God, a peculiar gift of his; by "all the earth" is meant the inhabitants of it, and only them, and those the more principal; who came from the several parts of it, hearing the fame of his wisdom, to know the truth of it, and to improve themselves by it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. Solomon exceeded all the kings of the…
Verse 23. Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches] Mr. Reynolds, stating the yearly tribute of Solomon, 666 talents of gold, at about four times as much as his father left him, hence reckons that he had £4,909,371 8s. 8d. each year, £94,410 19s. 9 1/4d. per week, £13,487 5s. 8d. per day, taking each day, week, and year, one with another.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 10:23-25. For riches and for wisdom — The…
1Ki 10:23-25. For riches and for wisdom — The latter of which he asked of God, who graciously promised to add the former, and did so to a great degree. But what is here said is not to be taken in too strict a sense, but only as intending that he was richer than the kings of the earth in general were at that time. And all the earth sought to Solomon, &c. — That is, all the kings of the earth, as it is expressed 2Ch 9:23; namely, of those parts of the earth, or of the neighbouring countries, and the great men thereof. They came, as the queen of Sheba did, to be acquainted with his wisdom, which the heard was a supernatural gift, and to receive an increase of knowledge thereby. They brought every man his present — a rate year by year — By this conclusion it seems as if the persons here spoken of were tributary to him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain See the marginal references. By “all the earth” we…
See the marginal references. By “all the earth” we are, of course, only to understand the kings or people of neighboring nations.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23-25) All the kings.—These verses indicate the character of…
(23-25) All the kings.—These verses indicate the character of the empire of Solomon, as a loosely-compacted group of tributary states round the dominant kingdom of Israel, kept to their allegiance mainly by the ascendency of his personal wisdom and ability, partly by the ties of commercial intercourse and the attractions of his wealth and splendour, and to some degree (though in his case to a less extent than usual) by an imposing military force. It rose rapidly in the comparative abeyance of the great neighbouring empires of Egypt and Assyria, and fell as rapidly on the death of Solomon and the disruption of the kingdom. In the grand description of it in Psalms 72, we observe that while its wealth and prosperity are painted in bright colours, the chief stress is laid on its moral greatness, as a kingdom of righteousness and peace: “All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him. For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth . . . He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.” Here, with the same general idea, but with a characteristic difference of expression, the chief emphasis is laid on the wisdom of Solomon, acknowledged as the gift of God (see Note on 1Ki_4:29), and being a moral and religious at least as much as an intellectual power. In this higher character it was the type of the kingdom of the true Son of David. In this, rather than in wealth and power, lay its true glory; and the falling away from this in the later days of Solomon brought at once decay and ruin.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the…
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom Cf. 1Ki_3:13. "There is something ominous of evil here. Riches are put before wisdom. This was not the case in the beginning of Solomon"s reign Wordsworth. (1Ki_3:11)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 All the earth
All the earth
This is a generalization. AT: "People from everywhere" or "People from many different places" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
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sought the presence of Solomon
The presence of the person is a metonym for being able to speak and listen to the person. AT: "sought an audience with Solomon" or "wanted to visit Solomon" (See: Metonymy)
to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart
The heart is a metonym for what a person thinks and is spoken of as if it were a container. The abstract noun "wisdom" is spoken of as if it were an object that could be put in a container and can be translated as an adjective. It can be a metonym for either the person or the words the person speaks. AT: "to hear his wisdom, which God had given him" or "to hear how wise God had enabled him to be" or "to hear him speak the wise words that God had enabled him to speak" (See: Metonymy)
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