1 Kings 4:30

And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Solomon’s	שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
wisdom	חָכְמַ֣ת cha.khe.Mat	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · noun, common feminine singular construct
excelled	וַתֵּ֙רֶב֙ va.Te.rev	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
wisdom	מֵֽחָכְמַ֖ת me.cha.khe.Mat	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
children	בְּנֵי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
country	קֶ֑דֶם Ke.dem	H6924	the front · noun, common masculine singular absolute
wisdom	חָכְמַ֥ת cha.khe.Mat	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרָֽיִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Daniel 5:11-12 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, lik…
Genesis 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastw…
Job 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a ver…
Daniel 1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and as…
Acts 7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Isaiah 19:11-12 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the so…
Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Beth…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:29–end

Solomon's wisdom was more his glory than his wealth, and here we have a general account of it. I. The fountain of his wisdom: God gave it him, Kg1 4:29. He owns it himself. Pro 2:6, The Lord giveth wisdom. He gives the powers of reason (Job 38:36), preserves and improves them. The ordinary advances of them are owing to his providence, the sanctification of them to his grace, and this extraordinary pitch at which they arrived in Solomon to a special grant of his favour to him in answer to prayer. II. The fulness of it: He had wisdom and understanding, exceeding much, great knowledge of distant countries and the histories of former times, a quickness of thought, strength of memory, and clearne…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:30

Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country--that is, the Arabians, Chaldeans, and Persians (Gen 25:6). all the wisdom of Egypt--Egypt was renowned as the seat of learning and sciences, and the existing monuments, which so clearly describe the ancient state of society and the arts, show the high culture of the Egyptian people.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 4:30

The children of the east country - That is the Chaldeans, Persians, and Arabians, who, with the Egyptians, were famed for wisdom and knowledge through all the world.

John Gill on 1 Kings 4:30

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east,.... The Arabians, and Persians, famous for wisdom, and who lay to the east of the land of Judea; whose wisdom lay in the knowledge of the stars, in divination by birds, and soothsaying (m): and all the wisdom of Egypt; which it was eminent for in the times of Moses, and in which he was learned and well-skilled, Acts 7:22; and hence in later times the philosophers of the Gentiles travelled to get knowledge, as Pherecydes, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Plato, and others to Egypt, said to be the mother of arts and sciences (n). (m) Midrash Kohelet. fol. 76. 3.((n) Macrob. in Som. Scip. c. 19. 21. & Saturnal l. 1. c. 15.

Dictionary and topics

Arabia — Arid, an extensive region in the south-west of Asia. It is bounded on the west by the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the east by the Persian Gulf and the…
Philosophy — It is the object of the following article to give some account (I.) of that development of thought among the Jews which answered to the philosophy of the West; (II.) of the systematic progress of…
Egypt · .Magi of — .Magi of
Egyptians · Wisdom of — Wisdom of
Wisdom · Of — Of
Wise Men · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 4:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:30

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 4:30

John Gill on 1 Kings 4:30

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 4:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:30

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 4:30

John Gill on 1 Kings 4:30

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 4:29–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 4:29-30

Rashi on 1 Kings 4:19