New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Kings 4:29-34
29Now 1GodH430 gaveH5414 SolomonH8010 wisdomH2451 and veryH3966 greatH7235 discernmentH8394 and breadthH7341 of 2mindH3820, 3like the sandH2344 that is on the seashoreH3220H8193.
30Solomon’sH8010 wisdomH2451 surpassedH7235 the wisdomH2451 of allH3605 4the 5peopleH1121 of the eastH6924 and 6allH3605 the wisdomH2451 of EgyptH4714.
31For 7he wasH2449 wiserH2449 thanH4480 allH3605 other peopleH120, more thanH4480 8EthanH387 the EzrahiteH250, HemanH1968, 9CalcolH3633, and 10DardaH1862, the sonsH1121 of MaholH4235; and his 11fameH8034 was known in allH3605 the surroundingH5439 nationsH1471.
3212He also toldH1696 threeH7969 thousandH505 proverbsH4912, and his songsH7892 numbered 1,005H2568H505.
33He toldH1696 of treesH6086, from the cedarH730 that is in LebanonH3844 even to the hyssopH231 that growsH3318 on the wallH7023; he toldH1696 also of animalsH929, birdsH5775, crawlingH7431 thingsH7431, and fishH1709.
34People 13cameH935 from allH3605 the 14nationsH5971 to hearH8085 the wisdomH2451 of SolomonH8010, from allH3605 the kingsH4428 of the earthH776 whoH834 had heardH8085 of his wisdomH2451.
Notes
- 1. 1 Kings 4:29 1 Kin 3:12 ↩
- 2. 1 Kings 4:29 Lit heart ↩
- 3. 1 Kings 4:29 1 Kin 4:20 ↩
- 4. 1 Kings 4:30 Gen 29:1; Judg 6:33 ↩
- 5. 1 Kings 4:30 Lit sons ↩
- 6. 1 Kings 4:30 Is 19:11; Acts 7:22 ↩
- 7. 1 Kings 4:31 1 Kin 3:12 ↩
- 8. 1 Kings 4:31 1 Chr 15:19; Ps 89: title ↩
- 9. 1 Kings 4:31 1 Chr 2:6 ↩
- 10. 1 Kings 4:31 In 1 Chr 2:6, Dara ↩
- 11. 1 Kings 4:31 Lit name ↩
- 12. 1 Kings 4:32 Prov 1:1; 10:1; 25:1; Eccl 12:9; Song 1:1 ↩
- 13. 1 Kings 4:34 1 Kin 10:1; 2 Chr 9:23 ↩
- 14. 1 Kings 4:34 Lit peoples ↩
Commentaries on 1 Kings 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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