See the marginal references. By all the earth, we are, of course, only to understand the kings or people of neighboring nations.

All the kings. —These verses indicate the character of the empire of Solomon as a loosely-compacted group of tributary states arou…

So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom . ] In which he was an eminent type of Chri…

Solomon increased his wealth. Silver was considered of no value. Such is the nature of worldly wealth: plenty of it makes it le valuable. Even more…