“However, how Solomon excelled in wisdom by divine gift, Scripture shows by saying: God also gave Solomon wisdom and very great prudence, and breadth of heart, like the sand that is on the seashore, and Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals and of the Egyptians, and he was wiser than all men: wiser…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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18The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:
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In context
16For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.
17For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements:
— Wisdom of Solomon 7:18 —
19The circuits of years, and the positions of stars:
20The natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild beasts: the violence of winds, and the reasonings of men: the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots: