And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
The children of the east - i:e., the Arabians, Chaldeans, and Persians (Genesis 25:6).
All the wisdom of Egypt. Egypt was renewed as the seat of learning and sciences; and the existing monuments, which so clearly describe the ancient state of society and the arts, show the high cultivation of the Egyptian people (see Wilkinson's 'Ancient Egyptians,' 2:, p. 23).