the wisdom: Ezra 7:14; 1 Kings 3:28; 1 Chronicles 22:12; Psalms 19:7, Psalms 119:98-100; Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 6:23; James 1:5; James 3:17-18
set magistrates: Exodus 18:21-25; Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 2 Chronicles 19:8-10
beyond the river: That is, "west of the Euphrates," which was beyond with regard to the king of Persia, who was on the east. Ezra 6:6