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Wise men @ mentioned in Daniel:2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. The word in the original (hakamim) probably means "medicine men. In Chaldea medicine was only a branch of magic. The "wise men" of Matthew:2:7, who came from the East to Jerusalem, were magi from Persia or Arabia.

Wise, wisdom @ a moral rather than an intellectual quality. To be "foolish" is to be godless Psalms:14:1; comp. Judges:19:23; 2Samuel:13:13). True wisdom is a gift from God to those who ask it Job:28:12-28; Proverbs:3:13-18; Romans:1:22 Romans:16:27; 1Corinthians:1:17-21 1Corinthians:2:6-8; James:1:5). "Wisdom" in Proverbs:1:20 Proverbs:8:1 Proverbs:9:1 -5 may be regarded not as a mere personification of the attribute of wisdom, but as a divine person, "Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God" ( 1Corinthians:1:24). In Matthew:11:19 it is the personified principle of wisdom that is meant.

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WISE MEN @ -Of Egypt Genesis:41:8 Genesis:41:24 Exodus:7:11 -Solomon 1Kings:4:29-34 -Of Babylon Daniel:4:18; Daniel:5:8 -Of the East (the Magi) Matthew:2:1-12 -See WISDOM

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