Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 10:23
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So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
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So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
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1 Kings 10
21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
23 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
24 The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
25 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
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