1 Kings 4

1 Kings 4 29

My Notes Authors Matthew Henry - Commentary on the Whole Bible Solomon’s wisdom was more his glory than his wealth, and here we have a general account of it. I. The fountain of his wisdom: _God gave it him, _v. 29. He owns it himself. Prov. ii. 6, The Lord giveth wisdom. He gives the powers of reason (Job xxxviii. 36), preserves and improves them. The ordinary advances of them are owing to his providence, the sanctification of them to his grace, and this extraordinary pitch at which they arrived in Solomon to a special grant of his favour to him in answer to prayer.

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