Holman Christian Standard Bible

1 Kings 4:27-31 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

27. Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing.

28. Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment.

29. God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

30. Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

31. He was wiser than anyone — wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol. His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations.