¹⁰ So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke, and I have filled the position of my father David, and ^(A)sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; and I have built the temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

¹⁸ Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because ^(A)I must leave it to the man who will come after me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Solomon Requests Wisdom^(A)

1 Now ^(B)Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and ^(C)the Lord his God was with him and ^(D)exalted him exceedingly.

²³ Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

^5 (A)And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) ^(B)He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

¹¹ And it shall be, when your days are ^(A)fulfilled, when you must ^[a]go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your ^(B)seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

^6 (A)And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he ^(B)walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You ^(C)have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. ⁷ Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a ^(D)little child; I do not know how ^(E)to go out or come in.