King James Version
1 Kings 10:23 in the King James Version says “So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.”
1 Kings 10:23 · KJV
And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. none: or, there was no silver in them
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. ivory: or, elephants' teeth
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. sought to: Heb. sought the face of
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“exceeded”
H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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