2 Chronicles 9:22
in 2 Chronicles 9So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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ASV
So king Solomon exceeded 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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 9
Commentary
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surpassed all the kings of the earth
on 2 Chronicles 9:22-25
Solomon “surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom,” and the kings of the earth seek an audience. Kings tells the same scene at 1 Kings 10:23-25. Verse 25 counts “4,000 stalls for horses and chariots” and 12,000 horses.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּגְדַּל֙ | vaiyigdal | and he became great | H1431 → | 117 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| מִכֹּ֖ל | mikol | more than all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַלְכֵ֣י | malkhei | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לְעֹ֖שֶׁר | leosher | to wealth | H6239 → | 37 times |
| וְחָכְמָֽה׃ | vechakhemah | and wisdom | H2451 → | 153 times |
וַיִּגְדַּל֙and he became great
vaiyigdalH1431 →117 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
מִכֹּ֖לmore than all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of
malkheiH4428 →2525 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
לְעֹ֖שֶׁרto wealth
leosherH6239 →37 times
וְחָכְמָֽה׃and wisdom
vechakhemahH2451 →153 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.”
it leads to
- James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- 1 Chronicles 29:25
The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
- James 1:5
Through
Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
it leads to
- Colossians 1:18
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
- Colossians 1:15
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- Colossians 1:18
Through
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…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 10:1–13
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
- 2 Chronicles 9:1–12
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in…
- 1 Kings 10:1–13
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.
