...improved them. In the first Book of the Kings, fourth chapter and thirtieth verse, it is said — " Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children...of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt, for he was wiser than all men." The twelfth verse of the third chapter of that Book, tells us what...

...Heman, and Chalcol, and Dartla, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about, 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and live. 33 And he spake of trees, from thecedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth...

...fifteen thousand mm. all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east. .In. viii. 10. And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the...of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 1 Ki. iv. 30. And Jacob fled into the country of Syria ; and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife...

...sent them away from Isaac his son (while he yet lived) eastward, unto the east country. Ge. xxv. 6. fficers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which...the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout the tribes 1 A'i. iv. 30. This man (Job) was the greatest of all the men of the east. .l"ii i. 3. They that dwell...

...out to a greater proficiency? Couldst thou have dived into the secrets of nature; couldst thou have must not be done to satisfy her importunity, but to prosecute the great work of divine designati all the wisdom of Solomon, who spake of beasts, of fowls, of fishes, of all trees from the cedar tree...

...Indian Islands. In the Book of Kings it is said, " God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding above all the children of the East country, and all the wisdom of Egypt, for he was wiser than all men. He spake proverbs and songs; he also spake of trees, from the cedar...

...the com. mendations of Solomon, at a later period, that he excelled in knowledge "all the wisdom of the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt." Astronomy, which proba, bly, like that of the Chaldeans, comprehended also judicial astrology, physics,...

...wisdom and understanding exceeding * 2 Tim. iii. 16. much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore ; and Solomon's wisdom excelled...of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men ; and his fame was in all nations round about, and he spake three thousand...

...gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. And Solomon's wisdom excelled...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...

...him, that in his time lyric poetry must have attained to a very high degree of perfection. ' Solomon spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five ;' 1 K. 4: 32. It is singular, however, that with the exception of two which are quite uncertain, no...