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2 Chronicles 9:22

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 9:22 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
2 Chronicles 9:22 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 9

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
20And all king Solomon`s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
21For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
24And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“passed all the kings: Ch2 1:12; Kg1 3:12, Kg1 3:13, Kg1 4:30, Kg1 4:31, Kg1 10:23, Kg1 10:24; Psa 89:27; Mat 12:42; Col 2:2, Col 2:3 2 Chronicles 9:23”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“In Ch2 9:22-28, all that remained to be said of Solomon's royal glory, his riches, his wisdom, and his revenues, is in conclusion briefly summed up, as in Kg1 10:23-29. From Ch2 9:25 onwards, the account given in the Chronicle diverges from that in Kg1 10:26., in so far that what is narrated in Kg1 10:26-28 concerning Solomon's chariots and horses, and his trade with Egypt in horses, is here partly replaced by statements similar in import to those in 1 Kings 5, because the former matters had been already treated of in Chr. Ch2 1:14-17. 2 Chronicles 9:25”
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