1 Raja-raja 10:23-26

10:23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ¹  10:24 Everyone ²  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ³  10:25 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. ⁴ 

10:26 Solomon accumulated ⁵  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ⁶ 

[10:23]  ¹ tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and with respect to wisdom.”

[10:24]  ² tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

[10:24]  ³ tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

[10:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”

[10:26]  ⁵ tn Or “gathered.”

[10:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

[10:26]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.