1 Kings 4:30-32

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³⁰ so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.^{(A) 31} He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, children of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.^{(B) 32} He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.^(C)