¹⁰ The word was good in the eyes of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. ¹¹ And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and you did not ask for yourself a long life^[a] and you did not ask riches for yourself and you did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you have asked for yourself the ability to make wise judgments;^{[b] 12} behold, I do hereby do according to your word. I hereby give you a wise and discerning heart; there was no one like you before you, nor afterwards will one like you arise.