9. Moreover, God gave Solomon wisdom, exceptional understanding, and knowledge, as vast as the sand on the seashore.
10. Solomon’s wisdom surpassed that of all the peoples of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
11. He was wiser than anyone else—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, or Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the musicians—and his fame spread throughout the neighboring peoples.
12. Solomon also uttered three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.