1 Kings 10:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

1 Kings 10:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 3:12-13
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. …
Colossians 1:18-19
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. …
1 Kings 4:29-34
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. …
2 Chronicles 9:22-23
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. …
Psalms 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-29)

We have here a further account of Solomon’s prosperity. I. How he increased his wealth. Though he had much, he still coveted to have more, being willing to try the utmost the things of this world could do to make men happy. 1. Besides the gold that came from Ophir (1 Kgs. 9:28), he brought so much into his country from other places that the whole amounted, every year, to 666 talents (1 Kgs. 10:14)…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

18-26. a great throne of ivory--It seems to have been made not of solid ivory, but veneered. It was in the form of an armchair, with a carved back. The ascent to it was by six steps, on each of which stood lions, in place of a railing--while a lion, probably of gilt metal, stood at each side, which, we may suppose from the analogy of other Oriental thrones, supported a canopy. A golden footstool i…