^9:22King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.⁴⁷^9:23All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.⁴⁸^9:24Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.⁴⁹

^9:25Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses⁵⁰ and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.⁵¹^9:26He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River⁵² to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt. ^9:27The king made silver as plentiful⁵³ in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was⁵⁴ as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands⁵⁵.

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Footnotes

47 Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and wisdom.”
48 Heb “and all the kings of the earth were seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”
49 Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver … and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”
50 The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:26 reads “fourteen hundred chariots.”
51 Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.” For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
52 Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew the Euphrates River was typically referred to simply as “the River.”
53 The words “as plentiful” are supplied for clarification.
54 Heb “he made cedar.”
55 Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and of gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. And he ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and wisdom. All the kings of the world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. Each of them would bring his own gift—items of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, and horses and mules—as an annual tribute.

Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. He stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

NLTNew Living Translation

So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth. Kings from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him. Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem. He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom. And all the kings of the earth sought the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God put in his heart. 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. And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. And he ruled over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, to the boundary of Egypt. And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as the sycamore trees that are in the Shephelah for abundance.

KJV 1900King James Version

And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

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