...celebrated for wisdom in ancient times, appears from Solomon's wisdom being said to excel " the wisdom of ircumstance certainly not to be conjectured, not possible ta ha 1 Kings iv. 30. Verse 2. His star in the east. — Many conjectures have been ottered as to this appearance...

...of the wall ; he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping tilings, and of fishes." "His wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt." The psalmist has presented us with an exquisite representation of the moral life of man, (would to...

...understanding exceeding much, and 'largeness of heart, even ' as the sand that it on the sea-shore. 80 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all • the children of the east country, and all b the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was c wiser than all men; than 'Ethan the Ezrahite, »od«Heman,and...

...after thee shall any arise like unto thee.' Accordingly we are told of his wisdom, ' that he excelled all the children of the east country and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda the sons...

...and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Neb.-it?' 2 Chron. ix. 29. Solomon 'spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five,' most of which are not extant now. Even by counting the subdivisions in the Solomonic writings now extant,...

...taste ; who had drank the sweet cup of literature, and felt the inspiring glow of genius ; he, who " spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five," had materials to estimate the pleasures of imagination, the treasures of the region of thought. And,...

...understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 30 ent here, to offer willingly unto thee. 31 For he was wiser than all men ; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Hevnan, and Chalcol, and Darda, the...

...unto the land of the Philistines, and from thence, unto the borders of Egypt. IV. 30. And Solomons wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. Whereas, those of the East and of Egypt were famous above all the world, for the fame of their wisdom,...

...Sdly, Solomon, who was clearly well read in all the learning of the surrounding nations, for his " wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt," (1 Kings, iv. 30) ; and who, if he were the author, having laid the scene in a country wherein the...

...understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore. 30 And Solomon's wisdom 'excelled the wisdom of all the children ° of the east country, and all the p wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was ч wiser than all men : * than 'Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, •...