American Standard Version
"So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. "
— 2 Chronicles 9:22, American Standard Version
“And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.”
“So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.”
“King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.”
“And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.”
“And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.”
“And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.”
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
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: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
So king Solomon exceeded 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, which God had put in his heart.
And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.