John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 10:24

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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.

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