1Ki 3:12-13, 4:29-34, 2Ch 9:22-23, Psa 89:27, Eph 3:8, Col 1:18-19 | 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.

i[See ver. 29 above]

j Prov. 1:1; Eccles. 12:9

k Song 1:1

l 2 Chr. 9:23; [ch. 10:1]

m 1 Kgs. 3:13

n Ex. 4:22; [Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15, 18; Heb. 1:5]

o Num. 24:7; [Rev. 19:16]

pSee 1 Cor. 15:9

qSee Acts 9:15

r[Job 5:9; Rom. 11:33]

sSee ch. 1:18; Rom. 2:4

tSee Eph. 1:22, 23

u Rev. 3:14

v Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20; Rev. 1:5

w ch. 2:9

xSee John 1:16

1 Kings 3:12-13

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. 13 ^cI give you also what you have not asked, ^dboth riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.

1 Kings 4:29-34

29 ^eAnd God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind ^flike the sand on the seashore, 30 so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all ^gthe people of the east ^hand all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was ⁱwiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32 ^jHe also spoke 3,000 proverbs, ^kand his songs were 1,005. 33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. 34 And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from ^lall the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

2 Chronicles 9:22-23

22 Thus King Solomon ^mexcelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.

Psalms 89:27

27 And I will make him the ⁿfirstborn,
^othe highest of the kings of the earth.

Ephesians 3:8

8 To me, ^pthough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, ^qto preach to the Gentiles the ^runsearchable ^sriches of Christ,

Colossians 1:18-19

18 And ^the is the head of the body, the church. He is ^uthe beginning, ^vthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For ^win him all the ^xfullness of God was pleased to dwell,