Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
wiser than all men—that is, all his contemporaries, either at home or abroad.
than Ethan—or Jeduthun, of the family of Merari (I Chronicles 6:44).
Heman— (I Chronicles 15:17-19) —the chief of the temple musicians and the king's seers (I Chronicles 25:5); the other two are not known.
the sons of Mahol—either another name for Zerah (I Chronicles 2:6); or taking it as a common noun, signifying a dance, a chorus, "the sons of Mahol" signify persons eminently skilled in poetry and music.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 4:31:
1 Kings 4:29
1 Chronicles 2:6
Psalms 88:1-2
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