1 Kings 10:23
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
KJV
Magnificatus est ergo rex Salomon super omnes reges terræ divitiis et sapientia.
Vulgate
αὕτη ἦν ἡ πραγματεία τῆς προνομῆς ἧς ἀνήνεγκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τὸ τεῖχος Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὴν ἄκραν, τοῦ περιφράξαι τὸν φραγμὸν τῆς πόλεως Δαυείδ, καὶ τὴν Ἀσσοὺρ καὶ τὴν Μαδιὰν καὶ τὴν Γάζερ καὶ τὴν Βαιθωρὰμ τὴν ἀνωτέρω καὶ τὴν Ἰεθερμάθ, καὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις τῶν ἁρμάτων καὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις τῶν ἱππέων·
LXX
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
ASV
וַ/יִּגְדַּל֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מִ/כֹּ֖ל מַלְכֵ֣י הָ/אָ֑רֶץ לְ/עֹ֖שֶׁר וּ/לְ/חָכְמָֽה
Hebrew
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 3:12 — 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.
- 1Kgs 3:12 — 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.
- 1Kgs 3:13 — And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
- 1Kgs 4:29 — And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
- Dan 1:20 — And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
- Eccl 2:9 — So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.