2 Chronicles 9:22

22 Thus King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

2 Chronicles 9:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:22

(See Gill on 1 Kings 10:23).

2 Chronicles 9:22 In-Context

20 And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon [were] of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon [were] of pure gold. Silver was not valued as anything in the days of Solomon.

21 For the ships of the king went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram. Once {every three years} the ships of Tarshish came carrying gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

22 Thus King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

23 And all the kings of the earth sought the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God put in his heart.

24 And each of them brought his gifts, objects of silver, objects of gold, cloaks, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, [as] an amount year by year.