Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 4:30

30 And Solomons wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east countrey , and all the wisdom of Egypt .

The Caldaeans, Persians, and Arabians, who all lay Eastward from Canaan, and who were famous in ancient times for their Wisdom and Learning, as appears both from Sacred and Prophane Writers.

i. e. The Egyptians, whose Fame was then great for their Sk[illegible: 1+ letters]ll in the Arts and Sciences, which made them despise the Grecians as Children in knowledge. See Act. 7. 22.