2 Chronicles 9:22

9:22 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 9:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ²  she came to challenge ³  him ⁴  with difficult questions. ⁵  She arrived in Jerusalem ⁶  with a great display of pomp, ⁷  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁸  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

2 Chronicles 29:25

29:25 King Hezekiah ⁹  stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, ¹⁰  and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

Ecclesiastes 2:9

2:9 So ¹¹  I was far wealthier ¹²  than all my predecessors in Jerusalem,

yet I maintained my objectivity: ¹³ 

James 1:5

1:5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

[9:22]  ¹ tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and wisdom.”

[9:1]  ² tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”

[9:1]  ³ tn Or “test.”

[9:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[9:1]  ⁵ tn Or “riddles.”

[9:1]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue or to the great wealth she brought with her.

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Or “balsam oil.”

[29:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:25]  ¹⁰ tn Or “seer.”

[2:9]  ¹¹ tn The vav prefixed to וְגָדַלְתִּי (vÿgadalti, vav + Qal perfect first common singular from גָּדַל, gadal, “to be great; to increase”) functions in a final summarizing sense, that is, it introduces the concluding summary of 2:4-9.

[2:9]  ¹² tn Heb “I became great and I surpassed” (וְהוֹסַפְתִּי וְגָדַלְתִּי, vÿgadalti vÿhosafti). This is a verbal hendiadys in which the second verb functions adverbially, modifying the first: “I became far greater.” Most translations miss the hendiadys and render the line in a woodenly literal sense (KJV, ASV, RSV, NEB, NRSV, NAB, NASB, MLB, Moffatt), while only a few recognize the presence of hendiadys here: “I became greater by far” (NIV) and “I gained more” (NJPS).

[2:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “yet my wisdom stood for me,” meaning he retained his wise perspective despite his great wealth.