1 Kings 4:34

And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
came	וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
people	הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים ha.'a.Mim	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
hear	לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ lish.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
wisdom	חָכְמַ֣ת cha.khe.Mat	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · noun, common feminine singular construct
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
kings	מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine plural construct
earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
heard	שָׁמְע֖וּ sha.me.'U	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
wisdom	חָכְמָתֽוֹ cha.khe.ma.To	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
1 Kings 10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 Chronicles 9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great comp…
Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shal…
Zechariah 8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even sh…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:29–end

Solomon's wisdom was more his glory than his wealth, and here we have a general account of it. I. The fountain of his wisdom: God gave it him, Kg1 4:29. He owns it himself. Pro 2:6, The Lord giveth wisdom. He gives the powers of reason (Job 38:36), preserves and improves them. The ordinary advances of them are owing to his providence, the sanctification of them to his grace, and this extraordinary pitch at which they arrived in Solomon to a special grant of his favour to him in answer to prayer. II. The fulness of it: He had wisdom and understanding, exceeding much, great knowledge of distant countries and the histories of former times, a quickness of thought, strength of memory, and clearne…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:33

he spake of trees, from the cedar . . . to the hyssop--all plants, from the greatest to the least. The Spirit of God has seen fit to preserve comparatively few memorials of the fruits of his gigantic mind. The greater part of those here ascribed to him have long since fallen a prey to the ravages of time, or perished in the Babylonish captivity, probably because they were not inspired. Next: 1 Kings Chapter 5

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 4:34

There came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon - We learn from 1 Kings 10, that the queen of Sheba was one of those visitants, and perhaps the most remarkable, as we have the particulars of her visit, but not of the others. It is astonishing that of a person so renowned for wisdom, so little should be left to prove the truth of a fact of which all the civilized nations of the world have heard, and of which scarcely any man has ever doubted. The people that came from all kings of the earth were probably ambassadors, who came to form and maintain friendship between their sovereigns and the Israelitish king. We cannot understand the place as speaking of people who, either through an idl…

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John Gill on 1 Kings 4:34

Dictionary and topics

Wisdom · Of — Of
Wise Men · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 4:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:33

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 4:34

John Gill on 1 Kings 4:34

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 4:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:33

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 4:34

John Gill on 1 Kings 4:34

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 4:29–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 4:32-34

Rashi on 1 Kings 4:19