2 Chronicles 9:23

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21 For the king’s ships went to ^aTarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the² merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and³ monkeys.

22 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

24 Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, ^aarmor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.

25 Solomon ^ahad four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

26 ^aSo he reigned over all the kings ^bfrom the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

27 ^aThe king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees ^bas abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.

28 ^aAnd they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

Death of Solomon

29 ^aNow the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of ^bAhijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of ^cIddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

30 ^aSolomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 9:23

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American Standard Version
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Amplified® Bible
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put into his mind.

Contemporary English Version
Year after year, other kings came to hear the wisdom God had given him. And they brought gifts of silver and gold, as well as clothes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

Darby English Version
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Good News Bible
They all consulted him, to hear the wisdom that God had given him.

King James Version
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

New American Standard Bible
And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

New International Version
All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

New King James Version
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

Revised Standard Version
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.

Young's Literal Translation
and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart,

New English Translation
All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.¹

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