Verse 23
1 Kings 10:23
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּגְדַּל֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מִ/כֹּ֖ל מַלְכֵ֣י הָ/אָ֑רֶץ לְ/עֹ֖שֶׁר וּ/לְ/חָכְמָֽה
English Translation
And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.
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Chapter 10 Context
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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to...
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And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold,...
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And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he told he...
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
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and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and...
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And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of t...
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Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was...
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Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear t...
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Blessed be Jehovah thy God (Elohim), who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: bec...
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And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and prec...
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And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almu...
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And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, har...
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And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which...
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Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents o...
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besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of th...
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And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one b...
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the k...
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Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
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There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays...
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And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the...
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And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest...
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For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the n...
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
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And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God (Elohim) had put in...
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And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and arm...
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And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots...
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And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore tree...
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And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them i...
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And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hun...
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