9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 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.

25 “And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and ^djudges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. And those who do not know them, you shall teach.