1 Kings 4:30

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 25:6

But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.

Genesis 29:1

Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

1 Kings 10:23

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

Job 1:3

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalemyes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

Ezekiel 25:4

For this cause I will give you up to the children of the east for their heritage, and they will put their tent-circles in you and make their houses in you; they will take your fruit for their food and your milk for their drink.

Daniel 1:20

And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.

Daniel 4:7

Then the wonder-workers, the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs came in to me: and I put the dream before them but they did not make clear the sense of it to me.

Matthew 2:1

Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

Acts 7:22

And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.

Judges 6:33

Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.