Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 4:32
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Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
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And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.
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And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
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1 Kings 4
30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
32 Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
34 So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
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