“God gave

First Kings 4:29-34

PART ONE

Intr.:

Solomon

1. wisdom and

2.  very great insight, and

3.  a breadth of  understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

4.  Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and

5.  greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

6.  He was wiser than any other man,

a.  including Ethan the Ezrahite –

b.  wiser than Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol.

End:

And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations.

PART TWO

1.  He spoke three thousand proverbs and

2. his songs numbered  a thousand and five.

3.  He described plant life,

a.  from the cedar of Lebanon to

b.  the hyssop that grows out of the walls.

4.  He also taught about

a.  animals and

b. birds,

c.  reptiles and

d.  fish.

End:

Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.”