What Does 2 Chronicles 9:14 Mean in the King James?

Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

2 Chronicles 9:14 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

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 of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Psalm 72:10 · KJVDistant kings bring gifts to a center of rule, echoing the tribute flowing toward Solomon.

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

Isaiah 60:6 · KJVCaravans arrive carrying precious goods, showing abundance moving along routes of exchange toward a gathering place.

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 2:11 · KJVTravelers open their treasures and present valuable gifts to a newly recognized king.

THE THREAD

And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

1 Kings 10:25 · KJV

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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