1 Kings 4:31
so that he was wiser than any man—than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, sons of Mahol,—and it came to pass that, his name, was throughout all the nations round about.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
32And he spake three thousand proverbs,—and it came to pass that, his songs, were a thousand and five.
Cross References
1 Kings 5:7And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly,—and said: Blessed, be Yahweh, to-day, who hath given unto David a wise son, over this great people!
1 Kings 10:6And she said unto the king, True, was the word which I heard in mine own land,—concerning thine affairs, and concerning thy wisdom.
1 Chronicles 6:33Yea, these, are they who stood, with their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,
1 Chronicles 15:19And, the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with cymbals of bronze, were to sound aloud;
Psalms 88:1O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee.
Matthew 4:24And forth went the report of him into all Syria; and they brought unto him all who were sick, with divers diseases and tortures, distressed, demonized and lunatic and paralyzed,—and he cured them.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:30-34
Solomon's Distinguished Reputation. ( b. c. 1014.) 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a… Read the whole commentary →