1 Kings 10:24

10:24 Everyone ¹  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ² 

1 Kings 12:31

12:31 He built temples ³  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

[10:24]  ¹ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

[10:24]  ² tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

[12:31]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.