1Ki 3:12, Ecc 1:16, 18 | ESV | STEP | behold , I now do according to your word . Behold , 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.

b ch. 4:29-31; 5:12; 10:23, 24; Eccles. 1:16

c ch. 2:9; [1 Kgs. 3:12, 13; 4:30; 10:7, 23]

1 Kings 3:12

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

Ecclesiastes 1:16

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

Ecclesiastes 1:18

18 For ^din much wisdom is much vexation,
and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.