World English Bible
"So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom."
— 2 Chronicles 9:22, World English Bible
“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.”
Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
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.
All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.