2 Chronicles 9:22
Good News Translation
King Solomon was richer and wiser than any other king in the world.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon was the richest and wisest king in the world.

New American Bible
Thus King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.

passed all the kings

2 Chronicles 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee.

1 Kings 3:12,13 Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee. . . .

1 Kings 4:30,31 And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals, and of the Egyptians; . . .

1 Kings 10:23,24 And king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. . . .

Psalm 89:27 And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

Matthew 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here.

Colossians 2:2,3 That their hearts may be comforted, being instructed in charity and unto all riches of fulness of understanding, unto the knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus: . . .

Context
Solomon's Wealth and Splendor
21For the king's ships went to Tharsis with the servants of Hiram, once in three years: and they brought thence gold and silver, and ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 22And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.23And all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, that they might hear the wisdom which God had given in his heart.…
Cross References
1 Kings 3:13
Yea, and the things also which thou didst not ask, I have given thee; to wit, riches and glory: so that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore.

2 Chronicles 1:12
Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee.

2 Chronicles 9:23
And all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, that they might hear the wisdom which God had given in his heart.

2 Chronicles 9:21
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