World English Bible
1 Kings 4:31
“For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 4
29
God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
30
Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.
32
He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.
33
He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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