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1 Kings 4:27-34 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

27. And the above-stated commanders of the king nourished these. And they also offered the necessities for the table of king Solomon, with immense diligence, each in his time.

28. Also, they brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden, to the place where the king was, just as it was appointed to them.

29. And God gave wisdom to Solomon, and an exceedingly great prudence, and a spacious heart, like the sand which is on the shore of the sea.

30. And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the East, and of the Egyptians.

31. And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And he was renowned in all the nations on every side.

32. Solomon also spoke three thousand parables. And his verses were one thousand and five.

33. And he discoursed about trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, to the hyssop which grows out from the wall. And he explained about beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fish.

34. And they came from all the peoples in order to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who were hearing about his wisdom.

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