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Solomon listens and converses with learned visitors in a shaded court; no magical aura or visible divine figure.
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1 Kings 5:9-11

Solomon’s understanding

Wisdom and Preparations for the Temple · 1 Kings 5

Story guide: Solomon speaks with learned visitors in a shaded court, picturing the wisdom the passage praises.

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9And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding, and breadth of heart like the sand that is on the seashore.

10And Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

11He was wiser than every man—than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Kalkol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol—and his name was in all the surrounding nations.

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