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2 Chronicles 9:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 9:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, every three years once came the ships of [a]Tarshish, and brought gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 So king Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Which country of the best writers is thought to be Cilicia, read 1 Kings 10:22.
2 Chronicles 9:21-23
New International Version
2 Chronicles 9:21-23
New International Version
21 The king had a fleet of trading ships[a] manned by Hiram’s[b] servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.
22 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.(A) 23 All the kings(B) of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Hebrew of ships that could go to Tarshish
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram
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