The children of the east country; the Chaldeans, Persians, and Arabians, who all lay eastward from Canaan, and who were famous in ancient times for their wisdom and learning, as appears both from sacred and profane writers. The wisdom of Egypt, i.e. the Egyptians, whose fame was then great for their skill in the arts and sciences, which made them despise the Grecians as children in knowledge. See Acts 7:22.
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1 Kings 4:30
30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.