And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Parallel translations
- WEB So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
- BSB So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
- NKJV So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
- NASB So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
- NLT So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth.
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Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. It summarizes the unrivaled greatness of his reign.
Overview
The Chronicler crowns the account by declaring Solomon supreme among earthly kings in both wealth and wisdom. This twofold preeminence was wholly God's gift. Yet his greatness, however vast, only foreshadows the infinitely greater wisdom and glory of Christ.
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Cross-references · 7
- 2 Chr 1:12Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
- 1 Kgs 4:30–31And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
- Ps 89:27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
- 1 Kgs 3:12–13Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
- Col 2:2–3That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
- 1 Kgs 10:23–24So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
- Matt 12:42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
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