Calcol

Calcol was a son of Zerah and grandson of Judah, listed among four wise men whose wisdom Solomon's was said to surpass (1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chronicles 2:6). The four—Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—were proverbially renowned for wisdom, suggesting a tradition of Judahite sages associated with the descendants of Zerah. Calcol's fame as a wise man makes his mention in the context of Solomon's superior wisdom a significant rhetorical device in the Solomonic narrative.