1 Kings 3:12

behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you an understanding and wise heart: there has not been any one like you before you, and after you there shall not arise one like you.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

In Context

11And the Lord said to him, Because you have asked this thing of me, and have not asked for yourself + 3:11 Gr. many days. long life, and have not asked wealth, nor have asked the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment;

13And I have given you what you have not asked, wealth and glory, so that there has not been any one like you among kings.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 34:9And Joshua the son of Naue was filled with the spirit of knowledge, for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel listened to him; and they did as the Lord commanded Moses.

1 Kings 2:9But you shall by no means hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man, and will know what you shall do to him, and shall bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.

1 Kings 4:29And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 5:12And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon as he + 5:12 Gr. spoke to him. promised him; and there was peace between Chiram and Solomon, and they made a covenant between them.

1 Kings 10:23And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

2 Chronicles 1:11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked great wealth, nor glory, nor the life of your enemies, and you have not asked long life; but have asked for yourself wisdom and understanding, that you might judge my people, over whom I have made you king:

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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