Lièwángjìshang 4:30

30 Suǒluómén de zhìhuì chāo guō dōngfāngrén hé Āijí rén de yīqiè zhìhuì .

Lièwángjìshang 4:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:30

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children
of the east
The Arabians, and Persians, famous for wisdom, and who lay to the east of the land of Judea; whose wisdom lay in the knowledge of the stars, in divination by birds, and soothsaying ^F13:

and all the wisdom of Egypt;
which it was eminent for in the times of Moses, and in which he was learned and well-skilled, ( Acts 7:22 ) ; and hence in later times the philosophers of the Gentiles travelled to get knowledge, as Pherecydes, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Plato, and others to Egypt, said to be the mother of arts and sciences ^F14.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Midrash Kohelet. fol. 76. 3.
F14 Macrob. in Som. Scip. c. 19. 21. & Saturnal l. 1. c. 15.

Lièwángjìshang 4:30 In-Context

28 Zhòngrén gè àn gè fēn , jiāng yǎng mǎ yǔ kuaì mǎ de dàmaì hé gān cǎo sòng dào guān lì nàli .

29 Shén cìgĕi Suǒluómén jí dà de zhìhuì cōngming hé guǎngdà de xīn , rútóng hǎi shā bùkĕ cèliàng .

30 Suǒluómén de zhìhuì chāo guō dōngfāngrén hé Āijí rén de yīqiè zhìhuì .

31 Tāde zhìhuì shēng guō wàn rén , shēng guō Yǐsīlà rén yǐ tàn , bìng mǎ hé de érzi Xīmàn , jiǎ gè , dá dà de zhìhuì . tāde míngsheng chuányáng zaì sìwéi de liè guó .

32 Tā zuò zhēnyán sān qiā gōu , shīgē yī qiā líng wǔ shǒu .