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

¹² behold, ^(A)I now do according to your word. Behold, ^(B)I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. ^13 (C)I give you also what you have not asked, ^(D)both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.

³⁰ so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all ^(A)the people of the east ^(B)and all the wisdom of Egypt.

⁷ but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.

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