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2 Chronicles 9:23

in 2 Chronicles 9

All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

KJV

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 9

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
All the kings of the earth - Rather, “all the kings of the land:” all the monarchs, that is, whose dominions were included in So omon’s empire (see 1Ki 4:21).

This site's exposition

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.

This site's exposition

All the kings of the earth

Barnes reads the kings of the earth as the kings of the land, the rulers inside Solomon's own empire, citing 1 Kings 4:21. Henry sets their eagerness against the neglect of Christ, in whom all the treasures of wisdom are hidden. The wisdom came from God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The application which they then made to Solomon to hear his wisdom will aggravate, shame, and condemn, men's general contempt of Christ and his gospel. Though in them are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, yet none of the princes of this world desire to know them, for they are foolishness to them, 1 Cor. ii.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְכֹל֙and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    malkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • הָאָ֔רֶץthe earth

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים[were] seeking

    mevakshimH1245 →225 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • פְּנֵ֣י[the] face of

    peneiH6440 →2123 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֑הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙to hear

    lishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • חָכְמָת֔וֹwisdom his

    chakhematoH2451 →153 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֥ןhe had put

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • בְּלִבּֽוֹ׃in heart his

    beliboH3820 →595 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 2:3–6

      if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

    • John 15:7

      If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

    • Jeremiah 29:12–13

      Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

    • Proverbs 3:5–7

      Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

    • 1 John 5:14–15

      And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

  • Through

    James 3:17

    But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 2:6

      For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Galatians 5:22–23

      But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

  • Through

    Proverbs 2:6

    For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 1:17–18

      that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.