1 Kings 10:24
People from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had put into his mind.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
In Context
23King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:9So please enable me to think clearly, in order that I may rule your people well. Enable me to know what is good and what is evil. If you do not do that, I will never [RHQ] be able to rule this great group of people who belong to you.”
1 Kings 3:28All the Israeli people heard about what the king had decided, and they revered him. They realized that God had truly enabled him to be very wise, to judge people’s matters fairly.
2 Chronicles 1:11God replied, “ I am pleased with what you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise and to know what you should do in order that you may govern well my people whom I have appointed you to rule.
Proverbs 2:6Yahweh is the one who gives us wisdom. He is the one who tells us things that we need to know and understand.
Daniel 2:21He determines what events will happen through the years. He removes some kings and gives their authority to new kings. He is the one who causes people to become wise and enables those who study to understand many things.
Daniel 5:11There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. When Nebuchadnezzar was ruling, they discovered that this man understood many things and was wise, just like the gods. The man who was king previously, Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him to be in charge of all the men in Babylon who worked magic, the men who worked sorcery, the men who studied the stars, and the fortune-tellers.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:15-29
Solomon's Wealth. ( b. c. 990.) 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put… Read the whole commentary →