<p>2:3- see on Mt. 13:46.</p><p><em>In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge</em>- &quot;The wisdom of God was in the midst of him&quot; (1 Kings 3:28 AVmg.) is alluded to here in Col. 2:3- clearly seeing Solomon as a type of Christ.</p><p><em>The idea of being hidden is </em>an allusion to the Colossian heresy of incipient Gnosticism, the idea that truth is hidden in secret writings, known only to the chosen few. The true wisdom is indeed hidden, but hidden in Christ.</p>