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;1 Kings 3:12 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleI have given thee a wise and an understanding heart - I have given thee a capacious mind, one capable of knowing much: make a proper use of thy powers, under the direction of my Spirit, and thou shalt excel in wisdom all that have gone before thee; neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. But, query, Was not all this conditional? If he should walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and commandments, 1 Kings 3:14. Was it not to depend upon his proper use of initiatory inspirations? Did he ever receive all this wisdom? Did not his unfaithfulness prevent the fulfillment of the Divine purpose? Instead of being the wisest of men, did he not become more brutish than any man? Did he not even lose the knowledge of his Creator, and worship the abominations of the Moabites, Zidonians, etc., etc.! And was not such idolatry a proof of the grossest stupidity? How few proofs does his life give that the gracious purpose of God was fulfilled in him! He received much; but he would have received much more, had he been faithful to the grace given. No character in the sacred writings disappoints us more than the character of Solomon.
None like thee before thee - That is, no king, either in Israel or among the nations, as the following verse explains.
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I have done
Psalm 10:17 LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear:
Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Romans 8:26,27 Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought...
1 John 5:14,15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us...
I have given
1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king...
1 Kings 2:6,9 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace...
1 Kings 4:29-34 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore...
1 Kings 5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon...
1 Kings 10:3-8,23,24 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not...
2 Chronicles 1:11,12 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of your enemies...
2 Chronicles 2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son...
2 Chronicles 9:5-8 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom...
Ecclesiastes 1:13,16 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven...
Luke 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
neither
Matthew 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it...
Colossians 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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