Solomon Outwits Pharaoh Necho's Egyptian Astrologers

As it is said (in Genesis 31:4): "And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock." (And it is written, in 1 Kings 5:10): "And [it surpassed] all the wisdom of Egypt." What was the wisdom of the Egyptians? You find that when Solomon sought to build the Temple, he sent to Pharaoh Necho. He said to him: Send me craftsmen for their wages, for I wish to build the Temple. What did he do? He gathered all his astrologers, [and said to them]: Foresee which men are destined to die in that year. And he sent them to him. When they came before Solomon, he foresaw through the Holy Spirit that they would die in that year. He gave them their shrouds and sent them back to him. He sent word to say to him: Did you have no shrouds to bury your dead? Here, take them, with their shrouds.