King James Version
2 Chronicles 9:23 in the King James Version says “And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.”
2 Chronicles 9:23 · KJV
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. ivory: or, elephants' teeth
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“sought”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the presence”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“to hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“in his heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
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