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THE MESSAGE

1 Kings 10:24

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - King;   Solomon;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sabeans;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Commerce;   Ecclesiastes, the Book of;   Mizpah;   Silver;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Israel;   Sheba, Queen of;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gifts;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hiram;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The whole world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
Hebrew Names Version
All the eretz sought the presence of Shlomo, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
King James Version
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
English Standard Version
And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
New Century Version
People everywhere wanted to see King Solomon and listen to the wisdom God had given him.
New English Translation
Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.
Amplified Bible
All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his mind.
New American Standard Bible
And all the earth was seeking the attention of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,
Legacy Standard Bible
And all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
Contemporary English Version
People from every nation wanted to hear the wisdom God had given him.
Complete Jewish Bible
All the earth sought to have an audience with Shlomo, in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Darby Translation
And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Easy-to-Read Version
People everywhere wanted to see King Solomon and listen to the great wisdom that God had given him.
George Lamsa Translation
And all the kings of the earth sought to see the face of Solomon and to hear the wisdom which God had put in his heart.
Good News Translation
and the whole world wanted to come and listen to the wisdom that God had given him.
Lexham English Bible
All of the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
Literal Translation
and all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God had put into his heart;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all the worlde desyred to se Salomon, that they mighte heare the wy?dome which God gaue him in his hert.
American Standard Version
And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the worlde resorted to Solomon, to heare his wysdome which God had put in his heart:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
King James Version (1611)
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to heare his wisedom which God had put in his heart.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord had put into his heart.
English Revised Version
And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Berean Standard Bible
The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al erthe desiride to se the cheer of Salomon, to here the wisdom of him, which wisdom God hadde youe in his herte.
Young's Literal Translation
and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart,
Update Bible Version
And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
World English Bible
All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
New King James Version
Now all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
New Living Translation
People from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him.
New Life Bible
They came from all over the earth to see Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
New Revised Standard
The whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, all the earth, did seek the face of Solomon, - to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the earth desired to see Solomon’s face, to hear his wisdom, which God had given in his heart.
Revised Standard Version
And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

Contextual Overview

14Solomon received twenty-five tons of gold in tribute annually. This was above and beyond the taxes and profit on trade with merchants and assorted kings and governors. 16King Solomon crafted two hundred body-length shields of hammered gold—seven and a half pounds of gold to each shield—and three hundred smaller shields about half that size. He stored the shields in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 18The king built a massive throne of ivory accented with a veneer of gold. The throne had six steps leading up to it, its back shaped like an arch. The armrests on each side were flanked by lions. Lions, twelve of them, were placed at either end of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any of the surrounding kingdoms. 21 King Solomon's chalices and tankards were made of gold and all the dinnerware and serving utensils in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold—nothing was made of silver; silver was considered common and cheap. 22 The king had a fleet of ocean-going ships at sea with Hiram's ships. Every three years the fleet would bring in a cargo of gold, silver, and ivory, and apes and peacocks. 23King Solomon was wiser and richer than all the kings of the earth—he surpassed them all. People came from all over the world to be with Solomon and drink in the wisdom God had given him. And everyone who came brought gifts—artifacts of gold and silver, fashionable robes and gowns, the latest in weapons, exotic spices, and horses and mules—parades of visitors, year after year. 26Solomon collected chariots and horses: fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses! He stabled them in the special chariot cities as well as in Jerusalem. The king made silver as common as rocks and cedar as common as the fig trees in the lowland hills. His horses were brought in from Egypt and Cilicia, specially acquired by the king's agents. Chariots from Egypt went for fifteen pounds of silver and a horse for about three and three-quarter pounds of silver. Solomon carried on a brisk horse-trading business with the Hittite and Aramean royal houses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to: Heb. the face of

which God: 1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:28, Proverbs 2:6, Daniel 1:17, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:23, Daniel 5:11, James 1:5

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:29 - God 2 Chronicles 9:22 - passed all the kings Psalms 68:29 - shall Proverbs 3:13 - is the Ecclesiastes 1:16 - Lo Ezekiel 16:14 - thy renown Daniel 1:20 - in all Matthew 12:42 - hear

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. For it was all of God, a peculiar gift of his; by "all the earth" is meant the inhabitants of it, and only them, and those the more principal; who came from the several parts of it, hearing the fame of his wisdom, to know the truth of it, and to improve themselves by it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. By “all the earth” we are, of course, only to understand the kings or people of neighboring nations.


 
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