Kommentar zu Könige I 5:11

He was wiser than any man. [To be understood] according to its plain meaning.⁴Alternatively, “he gained wisdom from every man,” as the Mishmah in Avos 4:1 states, “Who is wise? He who learns from every man.”

Eison the Ezrachite and Heimon, Chalkol and Darda. They were brothers, the sons of Zerach son of Yehudah, as it is stated, “And the children of Zerach were Zimri and Eison [and Heimon and Chalkol and Dora]”⁵I Divrei Hayomim 2:6. (who were Leviyim who played musical instruments).

The sons of Mochol. They knew how to compose psalms which are recited with the accompaniment of dance and song; the Leviyim recited on their platform psalms which were composed in the book of Tehillim, [e.g.,] “An instruction of Eison the Ezrachi,”⁶Tehillim 89:1. [and,] “An instruction to Heimon the Ezrachi.”⁷Ibid. 88:1. The Midrash Aggadah in the Pesikta [expounds]: “Than all men,” refers to Adam; “Eison Ha’ezrachi,” refers to Avrohom; “Heimon,” refers to Moshe; “Chalkol,” refers to Yoseif; “Darda,” refers to the generation of the wilderness; “Mochol,” who were forgiven for the act of the golden calf.