21 The king had a fleet of trading ships[a] manned by Hiram’s[b] servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.

22 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.(A) 23 All the kings(B) of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Hebrew of ships that could go to Tarshish
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram

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