¹² behold, ^(A)I have done according to your words. Behold, ^(B)I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.

³⁰ Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all ^(A)the sons of the east and ^(B)all the wisdom of Egypt.

^23 (A)So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

⁹ Then I became ^(A)great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.