1 Kings 10:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.”

1 Kings 10:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 10:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 10:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.”

1 Kings 10:23 — World English Bible

1 Kings 10:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.”

1 Kings 10:23 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 10:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,”

1 Kings 10:23 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 10:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.”

1 Kings 10:23 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 10:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.”

1 Kings 10:23 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 10:23 in Context — 1 Kings 10

21 And 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; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

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What Does 1 Kings 10:23 Mean?

1 Kings 10:23 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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