What Does 2 Chronicles 9:14 Mean?
Beside what the traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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King James wording
King James Version
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.THE KEY
Wealth reaches Solomon from two different worlds, commerce and rule, as one converging current.
THE MEANING
You see abundance arriving through trade and governing power. Merchants bring it through exchange; kings and governors bring it through their authority, while gold and silver make the shared current visible. Solomon’s wealth appears as something gathered through many people, not held in isolation.
THE ROOT
מְבִיאִים
mĕvîʾîm
GROWS FROM
בוא
To come or enter; in this causative form, to cause to come, to bring.
“brought” in this verse is mĕvîʾîm. The verb names a movement toward arrival: the merchants and rulers make wealth come to Solomon. Its repetition gathers distinct sources into the same incoming flow.
ALSO GROWS
bôʾ: To come or enter.
בּוֹא
This is the root’s basic movement; bringing wealth is making it arrive.
mābôʾ: An entrance or coming in.
מָבוֹא
This related form names the point of arrival, echoing the verse’s focus on what comes into Solomon’s hands.
סֹחֲרִים
sōḥărîm
GROWS FROM
סחר
To trade or deal in merchandise.
The word for merchants belongs to the same root family as words for trade and merchandise. Set beside kings and governors, it places commercial exchange alongside political authority as another route by which wealth arrives.
ALSO GROWS
sōḥēr: A merchant or trader.
סֹחֵר
This singular form names the person whose work brings goods through exchange.
sĕḥōrāh: Merchandise or trade.
סְחֹרָה
This related form names the commerce itself, making the merchants’ contribution a stream of exchange.
THE PATTERN
A recognized center gathers gifts from distant traders and rulers, making abundance a flow of exchange and allegiance.
The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands return a tribute, and the kings of Sheba and Seba draw near with gifts.A flood of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba shall come, carrying gold and frankincense, and they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.And when they had entered the house, they perceived the young child with Mary his mother, and fell to the ground and bowed down before him. And when they had opened their treasures, they brought him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.THE THREAD
And they brought every man his gift, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments, and weapons, and spices, horses, and mules, a portion year by year.The repeated “brought” uses the same Hebrew root בוא, “to come, enter; bring.” Here too, many people make wealth arrive at Solomon’s center, turning prosperity into a continuing inflow.
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