1 Kings 4:33
He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish.
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- Gen 1:20-25 : 20 God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 23 There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day. 24 God said,“Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
- Exod 12:22 : 22 Take a branch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out the door of his house until morning.
- Num 19:18 : 18 Then a ceremonially clean person must take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all its furnishings, and on the people who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, or one killed, or one who died, or a grave.
- Num 24:6 : 6 They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river’s side, like aloes that the LORD has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters.
- 2 Kgs 19:23 : 23 Through your messengers you taunted the Sovereign Master,‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.
- Ps 51:7 : 7 Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
- Ps 92:12 : 12 The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Heb 9:19 : 19 For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
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34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.
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29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.
30 Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.
31 He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations.
32 He composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.
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9 you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars,
10 you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,
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16 The trees of the LORD receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
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7 Knowledge of God’s Wisdom“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.
8 Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.
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12 The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.
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7 including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.
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4 The water made it grow; underground springs made it grow tall. Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted, while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field.
5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches grew long, because of the plentiful water in its shoots.
6 All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth, in its shade all the great nations lived.
7 It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
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21 whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest–
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23 ten calves fattened in the stall, twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.
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27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
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11 The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.
12 Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest. All creatures used to feed themselves from it.
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22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.
24 Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.
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5 I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
6 I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees.
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4 and more cedar logs than could be counted.(The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)
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24 How many living things you have made, O LORD! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.
25 Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.
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4 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, the palace he had built,
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7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said,“The LORD is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”
8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon:“I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.
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22 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.
23 All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.
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15 You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
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15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
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27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
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9 King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.
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10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,
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7 For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.
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24 There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
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25 All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime.
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10 The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.
11 Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.
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14 He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.
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8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants
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3 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built,
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7 He also made a throne room, called“The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.