1 Kings 10:24

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Kings 10:24 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And all of the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And all the earth desired to see Solomon's face, to hear his wisdom, which God had given in his heart.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God has put into his heart,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    All the earth sought the presence of Solomon in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And all of the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    All the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The whole world wanted to meet Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had placed in his mind.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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חָכְמָת֔וֹ
chokmâh
H2451
“wisdom · his”
Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2449

TWOT: 647a

wisdom - skill (in war) - wisdom (in administration) - shrewdness, wisdom - wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs) - wisdom (ethical and religious)
  1. וְכָ֨ל kôl H3605 “and · all of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  2. הָאָ֔רֶץ ʼerets H776 “the · land” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  3. מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים bâqash H1245 “seeking” Verb, Piel, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  4. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  5. פְּנֵ֣י pânîym H6440 “face(s) of” Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
  6. שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה Shᵉlômôh H8010 “Solomon” Noun, Proper
  7. לִשְׁמֹ֨עַ֙ shâmaʻ H8085 “to hear” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  8. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  9. אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  10. נָתַ֥ן nâthan H5414 “to give” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  11. אֱלֹהִ֖ים ʼĕlôhîym H430 “God(s)” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  12. בְּלִבּֽוֹ lêb H3820 “in/at · heart · his” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

About this verse

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13
words
12
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 7 nouns
  • 3 particles

Verb forms

  • מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים Piel · Participle Active
  • לִשְׁמֹ֨עַ֙ Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • נָתַ֥ן Qal · Perfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 24 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 13 Hebrew tokens and 21 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 1 Kings 10:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 1 Kings 3:12 behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.
  • 1 Kings 3:28 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
  • James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • 1 Kings 3:9 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?
  • Proverbs 2:6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
  • Daniel 1:17 Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
  • Daniel 2:21 He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;
  • Daniel 2:23 I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king's matter.
  • Daniel 5:11 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, [I say], your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 1 Kings 10:24 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְכָ֨ל הָאָ֔רֶץ מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת פְּנֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה לִשְׁמֹ֨עַ֙ אֶת חָכְמָת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥ן אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּלִבּֽוֹ

All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Kings 10:24 Septuagint · lemma form

καί πᾶς βασιλεύς ὁ γῆ ζητέω ὁ πρόσωπον σαλωμών ὁ ἀκούω ὁ φρόνησις αὐτός ὅς δίδωμι κύριος ἐν ὁ καρδία αὐτός

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord had put into his heart.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וְכָל דַיְיָרֵי אַרְעָא בָּעָן לְמֶחֱוֵי יַת סְבַר אַפֵּי שְׁלֹמֹה לְמִשְׁמַע יַת חוּכְמְתֵיהּ דִיהַב יְיָ בְּלִבֵּיהּ:

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    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 1 Kings 10:24 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

1Ki 10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Ver. 24. And all the earth sought to Solomon.] Who was herein a notable type of Christ, so generally frequented, and yet still so cheerfully resorted to in his ordinances by his people, flying thereto as so many "clouds, and as doves to their windows." {Isa 60:8}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

24. And all the earth sought to Solomon] In 2Ch_9:23 the words are ‘and all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon,’ and, as the Hebrew of the last words is the same as here, the fuller form will be better in this verse as it comes more close to the original. The LXX., the Syriac and Arabic, have ‘all the kings of the earth.’

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And they brought every man his present,.... To recommend them, and introduce them into his presence:

vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year; everyone brought according to the commodities of his country; and they did yearly, out of great respect to him, and in veneration of him for his wisdom, and for the advantages they received by his wise counsels and instructions; besides, it was the custom of the eastern countries not to pay a visit, especially to great personages, without carrying a present.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

The earth; or, the kings of, &c., Paralipomenon.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

All the earth, i.e. all the kings of the earth, (as it is expressed, 2Ch 9:23) to wit, of those parts of the earth; which synecdoche is very frequent.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

24. All the earth — Inquirers after wisdom, like Sheba’s queen, came from far and near, wherever the fame of Solomon had spread. These expressions of universality, so common in the Hebrew writers, are not to be taken in the widest possible sense.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

And all the earth sought to Heb. sought the face of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart i.e., mind. Cf. 1Ki_4:34

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All the earth - That is, all the kings of the earth, (as it is expressed 2 Chron. ix, 23,) namely of those parts of the earth.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

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1 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 13 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is chokmâh (“wisdom”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word chokmâh carries the sense “wisdom.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. 1 Kings 3:12 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  4. The verb «מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים» is Piel Participle Active. How does its form color the action?
  5. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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