1 Koningen 4:34

34 En van alle volken kwamen er, om de wijsheid van Salomo te horen, van alle koningen der aarde, die van zijn wijsheid gehoord hadden.

1 Koningen 4:34 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:34

And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
from all kings of the earth
Who sent their ambassadors to his court to know the truth of what was reported, and bring them some proofs and specimens, by which they might judge of the truth of the relations that had been told them; which perhaps might seem to them to be beyond all belief:

which had heard of his wisdom;
for the fame of it was spread everywhere by merchants and travellers, and such sort of persons, who had been at Jerusalem, and were masters of various anecdotes relating to Solomon; which they industriously spread in the several parts of the world they had dealings in.

1 Koningen 4:34 In-Context

32 En hij sprak drie duizend spreuken; daartoe waren zijn liederen duizend en vijf.

33 Hij sprak ook van de bomen, van den cederboom af, die op den Libanon is, tot op den hysop, die aan den wand uitwast; hij sprak ook van het vee, en van het gevogelte, en van de kruipende dieren, en van de vissen.

34 En van alle volken kwamen er, om de wijsheid van Salomo te horen, van alle koningen der aarde, die van zijn wijsheid gehoord hadden.