¹² I now do according to your word. Indeed, I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you, and no one like you shall arise after you.^(A)

¹³ I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor all your life; no other king shall compare with you.^(A)

³⁰ so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.^(A)

²³ Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.^(A)

⁹ So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.^(A)