Discovery Box1 Kings 10:7 
Context10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! 1 Your wisdom and wealth 2 surpass what was reported to me.
1 Kings 10:23-24
Context10:23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. 3 10:24 Everyone 4 in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. 5
1 tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”
2 tn Heb “good.”
3 tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and with respect to wisdom.”
4 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.
5 tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”
