1 Kings 3:13
And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
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1 Kings 4:21And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.
1 Kings 10:23And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.
Psalms 84:11\84:10\For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
Proverbs 4:9She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
Romans 8:32He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
Ephesians 3:20Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:6-16
God's Appearance to Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king… Read the whole commentary →