1 Kings 4:29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
Darby Translation
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In Context
30And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Cross References
Judges 7:12And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east lay along in the valley as locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand upon the sea-shore for multitude.
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
1 Kings 10:23And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
Ecclesiastes 1:16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
Isaiah 60:5Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:21-29
The Supply of Solomon's Household. ( b. c. 1014.) 20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and… Read the whole commentary →