¹² I will therefore do what you have asked.^(A) I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.^(B)

³⁰ Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East,^(A) greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.^(B)

²³ King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom.^(A)

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