1 Kings 4
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1 Kings 4:29-34

29Now 1God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of 2mind, 3like the sand that is on the seashore.

30Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all 4the 5people of the east and 6all the wisdom of Egypt.

31For 7he was wiser than all other people, more than 8Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, 9Calcol, and 10Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his 11fame was known in all the surrounding nations.

3212He also told three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005.

33He told of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he told also of animals, birds, crawling things, and fish.

34People 13came from all the 14nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 4:29 1 Kin 3:12 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 4:29 Lit heart ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 4:29 1 Kin 4:20 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 4:30 Gen 29:1; Judg 6:33 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 4:30 Lit sons ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 4:30 Is 19:11; Acts 7:22 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 4:31 1 Kin 3:12 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 4:31 1 Chr 15:19; Ps 89: title ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 4:31 1 Chr 2:6 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 4:31 In 1 Chr 2:6, Dara ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 4:31 Lit name ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 4:32 Prov 1:1; 10:1; 25:1; Eccl 12:9; Song 1:1 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 4:34 1 Kin 10:1; 2 Chr 9:23 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 4:34 Lit peoples ↩

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