9 So I became great and ^lsurpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my ^lwisdom remained with me.

12 behold, ^rI now do according to your word. Behold, ^sI 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 ^tI give you also what you have not asked, ^uboth riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.

30 so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all ^ethe people of the east ^fand all the wisdom of Egypt.

7 but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.

23 ^pThus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.