WISE MEN

Wise men. Wise men
Mentioned in Dan. 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 Matt. 2:7, who came from the East to Jerusalem, were magi from Persia or Arabia.

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WISE MEN. → Of Egypt Ge 41:8,24; Ex 7:11 → Solomon 1Ki 4:29-34 → Of Babylon Da 4:18; 5:8 → Of the East (the Magi) Mt 2:1-12 → See WISDOM