[157] Hence, perhaps, the LXX. rendering of Δήλωσις καὶ Ἀλήθεια. This view is accepted by Hengstenberg (_Egypt and the Five Books of Moses_, chap. vi.), and Kalisch (on Exod. xxviii. 31). [158] Arist., _Eth. Nic._, i. 13: "βελτίω τὰ φαντάσματα τῶν ἐπιεικῶν ἢ τῶν τυχόντων." [159] Bishop Hall. [160] "Εὔδουσα γὰρ φρὴν ὄμμασιν λαμπρύνεται."--Æsch., _Eum._, 104. [161] Ecclus. xv. 16, 17. [162] Emerson. [163] The phrase "a little child" (comp. Jer. i. 6) hardly bears on his actual age. See Gen. xliii. 8; Exod. xxxiii. 11. It is proverbial like the subsequent phrase, for which see Deut. xxviii. 6; Psalm cxxi. 8, etc. [164] Heb., "A hearing heart." LXX., "A heart to hear and judge Thy people in righteousness." In 2 Chron. i. 10, "Wisdom and knowledge." [165] Matt. vi. 33. [166] Josephus (_Antt._, VIII. vii. 8) makes him die at ninety-four, and become king at fourteen. Perhaps he mistook μ' for π' in the LXX. [167] Psalm cxxvii. 2 (uncertain). [168] 1 Sam. viii. 6, 20; 2 Sam. xv. 4. "To rule was with the ancients the synonym of to judge." Artemidorus, _Oneirocr._, ii. 14. (Bähr, _ad loc._). [169] Compare the Phœnician's _Suffetes_ (Liv.). [170] As instances of the lower sense in which the term "wisdom" was applied, see 2 Sam. xiii. 3 (Jonadab); xiv. 2 (the woman of Tekoa); xx. 16 (the woman of Abel of Beth-maachah). [171] The Rabbis call them "innkeepers," as they call Rahab. [172] I follow the not improbable additional details given by Josephus from tradition. [173] יֵלֶד. LXX., παιδίον. [174] So the Greek version, which represents the clause rightly. Tradition narrates a yet earlier specimen of Solomon's wisdom. Some sheep had strayed into a pasture. The owner of the land demanded reparation. David said that to repay his loss he might keep the sheep. "No," said Solomon, who was but eleven years old, "let him keep them only till their wool, milk, and lambs have repaid the damage; then let him restore them to their owner." David admitted that this was the more equitable judgment, and he adopted it. See The Qur'an, _Sura_ xxi. 79 (Palmer's Qur'an, ii. 52). [175] The parallel is adduced by Grotius. [176] Quoted by Bähr. [177] Suet., _Claud._, 15. [178] For references to animals, etc., see Prov. vi. 6, xxiv. 30-34, xxx. 15-19, 24-31; Josephus, _Antt._, VIII. ii. 5; Ecclus. xlvii. 17. [179] See Isa. xix. 11, xxxi. 2; Acts vii. 22; Herod., ii. 160; Josephus, _Antt._, VIII. ii. 5 (Keil). [180] See 1 Chron. ii. 6, vi. 44, xv. 17, 19, xxv. 5. Titles of Psalms xviii., lxxxviii., lxxxix. "Ezrahite," perhaps, is a transposition of Zerahite. [181] 1 Chron. ii. 6. In _Seder Olam_ they are called "prophets who prophesied in Egypt." [182] "Sons of Mahol" (comp. Eccles. xii. 4). [183] Psalms lxxii., cxxvii. The so-called "Psalms of Solomon," fifteen in number, are of the Maccabean age; Josephus calls his songs βίβλια περὶ ὠδῶν καὶ μελῶν, and his proverbs βίβλους παραβολῶν καὶ εἰκόνων. [184] See Euseb., _Præp. Evang._, ix. 34, § 19.