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1 Kings 10:22-24
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22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships[a] that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet[b] came into port with cargoes of[c] gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[d]

23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.[e] 24 Everyone[f] in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:22 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
  2. 1 Kings 10:22 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
  3. 1 Kings 10:22 tn Heb “came carrying.”
  4. 1 Kings 10:22 tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”
  5. 1 Kings 10:23 tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and with respect to wisdom.”
  6. 1 Kings 10:24 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.
  7. 1 Kings 10:24 tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”
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