Ezekiel 28:3

3. Wiser than Daniel Is this an acknowledgment that Eth-baal, “prince” or “king” of Tyre (Ezekiel 28:2; Ezekiel 28:12), was wiser than Daniel, the wisest and best Hebrew (compare Ezekiel 14:14), or is it merely a continuation of the boasting which must now be rebuked? No doubt the latter; for although the Israelites recognized the superiority of Tyrian wisdom in some directions, it was only the Hebrew seer from whom no secret could be hid. (Compare Daniel 2:21; Daniel 2:28; Daniel 4:9; Daniel 5:11, etc.) This verse does not prove necessarily that the king of Tyre at this date recognized Daniel as the typical Hebrew sage (Konig, Einleitung, p. 385), but it does prove that Ezekiel and his hearers did do this. (See note Ezekiel 14:14.)