^{30 Ref} And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

^{31 Ref} For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

^{32 Ref} He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.