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They also brought barley and straw to the proper place, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge.
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And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.
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Thus Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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For he was wiser than all men--than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
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He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.
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Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
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And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.