1 KINGS 10:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.”
"And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart." — The *international pilgrimage* to Solomon: *kol-ha-'aretz mehakshet et-pney Shlomoh lishmo'a et-chokhmatoh* (the whole earth sought Solomon's presence to hear his wisdom). The *wisdom is attributed to God*: *asher natan YHVH be-libbo* (which God had put in his heart). The *divine source* of *human excellence* is reaffirmed.
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