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1 Kings 10:24 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. "
1 Kings 10:24
Verse in Context
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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.
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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.
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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1 Kings 10:1
"And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions."
1 Kings 10:2
"And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart."
1 Kings 10:3
"And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not."
1 Kings 10:4
"And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,"
1 Kings 10:5
"And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her."
1 Kings 10:6
"And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom."
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