Lièwángjìshang 4:31

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 .

Lièwángjìshang 4:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:31

For he was wiser than all men
Not only that lived in his time, but in ages past since the fall of Adam, and in times to come, especially in natural wisdom and knowledge, in all the branches of it; for though some men excel in some part of knowledge, yet not in all, as Solomon did:

than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of
Mahol;
men of the same names are said to be sons of Zerah, grandson of Judah, ( 1 Chronicles 2:6 ) ; wherefore these are either other men, or their father had two names; or Mahol here may be an appellative, and describe the character of these then, and point at what they were famous for, as that they were sons of music, piping, and dancing, as Mahol may signify; the Jews have a tradition ^F15, that Ethan is Abraham, and Heman Moses, and Chalcol Joseph:

and his fame was in all nations round about;
not for his riches and grandeur only, but chiefly for his wisdom.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Hieron. Trad. Heb. in 2 Reg. fol. 80. 1.

Lièwángjìshang 4:31 In-Context

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 .

33 Tā jiǎnglùn cǎo mù , zì Lìbānèn de xiāng bǎi shù zhídào qiáng shàng zhǎng de niúxī cǎo , yòu jiǎnglùn fēi qín zǒushòu , kūnchóng shuǐzú .