1 Kings 4:30

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1 Kings 4:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible

28 Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

31 He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

32 Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

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Genesis 25:6

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

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Daniel 1:20

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

Daniel 4:7

When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.

Daniel 5:11

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Daniel 5:12

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Matthew 2:1

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