2 Chronicles 9:22

In 11 translations

BSB

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

KJV

And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

WEB

So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

ASV

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

LSV

And King Solomon becomes greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

YLT

And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

DBY

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

DRC

And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.

GNV

So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

JPS

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

LXXE

And Solomon exceeded all other kings both in riches and wisdom.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּגְדַּל֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מִכֹּ֖ל מַלְכֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ לְעֹ֖שֶׁר וְחָכְמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐμεγαλύνθη Σαλωμὼν ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ σοφίᾳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Chronicles 1:12therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”
• Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
• 1 Kings 4:30–31Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of…
• 1 Kings 3:12–13behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you. Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and…
• Colossians 2:2–3that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of…
• 1 Kings 10:23–24So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
• Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

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