OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 4:29

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God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.

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Verse 29. Hart; magnanimity, which pride often attempts to imitate, and is therefore designated by the same expression. Proverbs 21:4. The genius of Solomon was also most penetrating and comprehensive. Calmet.—Ænomaus thus addresses Apollo, “Thou who knowest, both the number of the sands and the extent of the sea—who understandest the dumb, and hearest the man who has not spoken.” Eus. præp. verse 34. Bible.

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