2 Chronicles 9:22
And Solomon exceeded all other kings both in riches and wisdom.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 4:30And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.
1 Kings 5:11And Solomon gave to Chiram twenty thousand measures of wheat + 5:11 Some read μαχὰλ, or μαχὰθ, as if from מכרח cibus. as food for his house, and twenty thousand baths of beaten oil thus Solomon gave to Chiram yearly.
2 Chronicles 1:12I give you this wisdom and understanding; and I will give you wealth, and riches, and glory, so that there shall not have been any like you among the kings before you, neither shall there be such after you.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:14-31
The Magnificence of Solomon; the Death of Solomon. ( b. c. 975.) 13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. 16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of… Read the whole commentary →