21 for the king’s ships kept going to Tarshish(A) with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[a]

22 King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and wisdom.(B) 23 All the kings of the world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

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  1. 9:21 Or baboons

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