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.

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

16 I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, ^psurpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”