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1 Kings 10

1 Kings 10:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Sob king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
exceeded
gadal (Hebrew #1431)
properly, to twist (compare 1434), i.e. to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
KJV usage: advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to...estate, + things), grow(up),increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
Pronounce: gaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
all the kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
for riches
`osher (Hebrew #6239)
wealth
KJV usage: X far (richer), riches.
Pronounce: o'-sher
Origin: from 6238
and for wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
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1 Kings 3:12‑13• 12behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
 13And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and glory; so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. (1 Kings 3:12‑13)
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1 Kings 4:29‑34• 29And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
 30And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
 31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
 32And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
 33And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
 34And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. (1 Kings 4:29‑34)

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exceeded.Mr. Reynolds, stating Solomon's income at about four times as much as his father left him, reckons that he had each year 142,242,034£. 9s. 7d., each week 2,735,423£ 14s. 9d., and each day, 390,770£ 16s. 4d.
1 Kings 3:12‑13• 12behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
 13And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and glory; so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. (1 Kings 3:12‑13)
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1 Kings 4:29‑34• 29And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
 30And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
 31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
 32And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
 33And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
 34And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. (1 Kings 4:29‑34)
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2 Chron. 9:22‑23• 22And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
 23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. (2 Chron. 9:22‑23)
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Psa. 89:27• 27And for me, I will make him first-born,{HR}Highest of kings of earth. (Psa. 89:27)
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Eph. 3:8• 8To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:8)
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Col. 1:18‑19• 18And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent:
 19for in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell; (Col. 1:18‑19)
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Col. 2:2‑3• 2that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding unto full knowledge of the mystery of God,
 3in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:2‑3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

W. Kelly Translation

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And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)