12 behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, ^qI give you a wise and discerning mind, so that ^rnone like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.

29 And God ⁱgave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, 30 so that Solomon’s wisdom ^jsurpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the ^kwisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than ^lEthan the Ezrahite, and Heman, ^mCalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.

23 Thus King Solomon ^qexcelled all the kings of the earth in riches and ^rin wisdom.

22 Thus King Solomon ^jexcelled all the kings of the earth in riches and ^kin wisdom.