1 Kings 3:12

KJV

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.

— 1 Kings 3:12, King James Version
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'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' — God's fulfillment of Solomon's humble prayer (verses 7–9) is immediately confirmed with a superlative that in the Hebrew Bible's narrative economy creates both high promise and deep irony. The unequaled wisdom is subsequently undermined by the narrative of Solomon's foreign wives and divided heart (1 Kings 11), teaching that the greatest gift misused produces the greatest failure. Jesus's reference to 'one greater than Solomon' in Matthew 12:42 places himself as the fulfillment that the Solomonic wisdom-ideal pointed toward but never fully embodied.

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ASV

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

YLT

lo, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given to thee a heart, wise and understanding, that like thee there hath not been before thee, and after thee there doth not arise like thee;

BBE

I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

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