1 Kings 3:13

and also, that which you have not asked for I have given to you, both riches and honor, that there has not been a man like you among the kings [for] all your days;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

In Context

12behold, I have done according to your words; behold, I have given a wise and understanding heart to you, that there has not been [one] like you before you, and after you there does not arise [one] like you;

14and if you walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as your father David walked, then I have prolonged your days.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:21And Solomon has been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River [to] the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt: they are bringing a present near, and serving Solomon, all [the] days of his life.

1 Kings 10:23And King Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,

Psalms 84:11For YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, || YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good || To those walking in uprightness.

Proverbs 4:9She gives a wreath of grace to your head, || She gives you a crown of beauty freely.”

Romans 8:32He who indeed did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him grant to us all things?

Ephesians 3:20and to Him who is able to do exceedingly [and] abundantly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power that 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 →

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