1 Kings 4:29

And God gave Solomon [in fulfilment of the promise of 1 Kings 3:12 ] wisdom and understanding ( חָכְמָה , wisdom, knowledge ; תְּבוּנָה , discernment, penetration. The historian, after describing the prosperity of the realm, proceeds to speak of the personal endowments of its head] and largeness of heart exceeding much [the Easterns speak of the heart where we should talk of head or intellect ( 1 Kings 3:9 , 1 Kings 3:12 ; 1 Kings 10:24 . Cf. Matthew 15:19 ; Ephesians 1:18 (Greek); Hebrews 4:12 ). The "large heart" is the ingenium capax, as Thenius. These different words indicate the variety and scope of his talents, in agreement with verse 33] as the sand that is on the seashore. [Same expression in Genesis 22:17 ; Genesis 32:12 ; Genesis 41:49 ; Joshua 11:4 ; 7:12 , etc.]