1 Kings 10:23

So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22For the King had on the sea the nauie of Tharshish with the nauie of Hiram: once in three yere came the nauie of Tharshish, and brought golde and siluer, yuorie, and apes and peacockes.

24And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:12Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.

2 Chronicles 9:22So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

Ecclesiastes 2:9And I was great, and increased aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem: also my wisedome remained with me.

Colossians 1:18And hee is the head of the body of the Church: he is the beginning, and the first begotten of the dead, that in all thinges hee might haue the preeminence.

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 →

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