Bible Person
Meaning: nourishing · Male · 1 cross reference
Calcol is one of the wise men from whom Solomon is said to surpass in wisdom. He belongs to the remembered tradition of notable sages in Israel's past. First appears in 1 Chr 2:6.1
AI summary: Calcol matters because his single cross reference helps establish the standard against which Solomon's wisdom is measured. The entry shows that Israel remembered other wise figures even while presenting Solomon as uniquely surpassing them. Taken together, the material presents Calcol as a benchmark figure in the tradition of wisdom.1
Central Figure
Calcol
Meaning: nourishing
(1 Chr.
(1 Chr. 2:6), sustenance, the same probably as Chalcol (1 Kings 4:31), one of the four sages whom Solomon excelled in wisdom; for “he was wiser than all men.” 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.