¹² I will do what you have asked.^(A) I will give you a wise^(B) and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.

¹⁴ This is the confidence^(A) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.^{(B) 15} And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know^(C) that we have what we asked of him.^(D)

¹⁶ I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me;^(A) I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”

⁴² The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came^(A) from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

²³ King Solomon was greater in riches^(A) and wisdom^(B) than all the other kings of the earth. ²⁴ The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom^(C) God had put in his heart.

¹² The Lord gave Solomon wisdom,^(A) just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.^(B)

²⁸ When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom^(A) from God to administer justice.

²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit^(A) himself intercedes for us^(B) through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts^(C) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes^(D) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

¹⁵ For I will give you^(A) words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.