Sirach 47:13-15

Good News Translation

^13 (A)There was no war while Solomon was king. God gave him peace on all his borders, so that he could build for the Lord a Temple which would stand forever. ¹⁴ How wise you were, Solomon, when you were young! Your knowledge was like the Nile^[a] in flood. ¹⁵ Your influence reached over all the world; your proverbs and riddles were known everywhere.