1 Kings 10:23

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Summary

1 Kings 10:23

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

Exceeded

Colossians 2:2

General references

Ecclesiastes 2:9

Bible References

Exceeded

behold, I have done as you asked. I have given you a wise and discerning heart (mind), so that no one before you was your equal, nor shall anyone equal to you arise after you.

Now God gave Solomon [exceptional] wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand of the seashore.

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

“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent),
The highest of the kings of the earth.

To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand],

He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything.

[For my hope is] that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in [unselfish] love, so that they may have all the riches that come from the full assurance of understanding [the joy of salvation], resulting in a true [and more intimate] knowledge of the mystery of God, that is, Christ,

General references

So I became great and excelled more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.