1 Kings 5:10

And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

In Context

9And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.

11And he was wiser than all other men: and he was wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and than Heman, and than Calcol and Darda the sons of Mahol.

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:1And thus the officers provided King Solomon: and they execute every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing. And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:2-10

Solomon's Agreement with Hiram. ( b. c. 1014.) 1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4 But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so… Read the whole commentary →

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