2 Chronicles 9:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

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  • 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.
  • Ps 89:27 : 27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
  • Matt 12:42 : 42 The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ, 3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.
  • 1 Kgs 3:12-13 : 12 I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future. 13 And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
  • 1 Kgs 4:30-31 : 30 And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24 : 23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom. 24 And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:21-24
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    94%

    21 And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

    22 For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    24 And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • 2 Chr 9:23
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    23 And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 4:34
    81%

    34 People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 4:29-31
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    29 And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

    30 And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

    31 For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

  • 2 Chr 1:10-13
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    79%

    10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

    11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:

    12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

    13 So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 9:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

    2 And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which he did not make clear to her.

    3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 10:3-4
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    3 And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.

    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Chr 29:23-25
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    77%

    23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

    24 And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.

    25 And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

  • 2 Chr 9:12-14
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    77%

    12 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

    13 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

    14 And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

  • Eccl 2:9
    76%

    9 And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
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    9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:26-28
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    26 And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

    27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

    28 They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28
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    27 Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

    28 And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    74%

    1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    74%

    13 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

  • 2 Chr 9:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20 All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

    21 For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

  • 1 Kgs 4:21
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    21 And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
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    10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 1:1-2
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    73%

    1 And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.

    2 And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
    73%

    15 In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    72%

    1 Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 2 Chr 9:5
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    5 And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.

  • Eccl 1:16
    72%

    16 I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
    72%

    7 And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

  • 2 Chr 9:30
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    30 Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
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    8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 10:1
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    1 Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
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    46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 11:41
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    41 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

  • 1 Kgs 5:12
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    12 Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.