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Verse         Translation Text
1Ki 3:12 Strong Concordance Behold, I have done [06213] according to thy words [01697]: lo, I have given [05414] thee a wise [02450] and an understanding [0995] heart [03820]; so that there was none like thee before [06440] thee, neither after [0310] thee shall any arise [06965] like unto thee.
  King James 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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
A wise and an understanding heart - Solomon's wisdom seems to have been both moral and intellectual (see Kg1 4:29-34). But it was moral wisdom alone which he requested, and which was promised him. The terms translated "wise" and "understanding," both denote practical wisdom. (See Gen 41:33, Gen 41:39; Deu 4:6; Pro 1:2, etc.)

Neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee - i. e. in the knowledge of what was in man, and in the wisdom to direct men's goings, he was to be the wisest of "all" mere men. In such wisdom the world would know one only "greater than Solomon" Mat 12:42; Luk 11:31.
 
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31 The queen [938] of the south [3558] shall rise up [1453] in [1722] the judgment [2920] with [3326] the men [435] of this [5026] generation [1074], and [2532] condemn [2632] them [846]: for [3754] she came [2064] from [1537] the utmost parts [4009] of the earth [1093] to hear [191] the wisdom [4678] of Solomon [4672]; and [2532], behold [2400], a greater than [4119] Solomon [4672] is here [5602].
42 The queen [938] of the south [3558] shall rise up [1453] in [1722] the judgment [2920] with [3326] this [5026] generation [1074], and [2532] shall condemn [2632] it [846]: for [3754] she came [2064] from [1537] the uttermost parts [4009] of the earth [1093] to hear [191] the wisdom [4678] of Solomon [4672]; and [2532], behold [2400], a greater than [4119] Solomon [4672] is here [5602].
2 To know [03045] wisdom [02451] and instruction [04148]; to perceive [0995] the words [0561] of understanding [0998];
6 Keep [08104] therefore and do [06213] them; for this is your wisdom [02451] and your understanding [0998] in the sight [05869] of the nations [05971], which shall hear [08085] all these statutes [02706], and say [0559], Surely this great [01419] nation [01471] is a wise [02450] and understanding [0995] people [05971].
39 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], Forasmuch [0310] as God [0430] hath shewed [03045] thee all this, there is none so discreet [0995] and wise [02450] as thou art:
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh [06547] look out [07200] a man [0376] discreet [0995] and wise [02450], and set [07896] him over the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
29 And God [0430] gave [05414] Solomon [08010] wisdom [02451] and understanding [08394] exceeding [03966] much [07235], and largeness [07341] of heart [03820], even as the sand [02344] that is on the sea [03220] shore [08193].
30 And Solomon's [08010] wisdom [02451] excelled [07235] the wisdom [02451] of all the children [01121] of the east country [06924], and all the wisdom [02451] of Egypt [04714].
31 For he was wiser [02449] than all men [0120]; than Ethan [0387] the Ezrahite [0250], and Heman [01968], and Chalcol [03633], and Darda [01862], the sons [01121] of Mahol [04235]: and his fame [08034] was in all nations [01471] round about [05439].
32 And he spake [01696] three [07969] thousand [0505] proverbs [04912]: and his songs [07892] were a thousand [0505] and five [02568].
33 And he spake [01696] of trees [06086], from the cedar tree [0730] that is in Lebanon [03844] even unto the hyssop [0231] that springeth out [03318] of the wall [07023]: he spake [01696] also of beasts [0929], and of fowl [05775], and of creeping things [07431], and of fishes [01709].
34 And there came [0935] of all people [05971] to hear [08085] the wisdom [02451] of Solomon [08010], from all kings [04428] of the earth [0776], which had heard [08085] of his wisdom [02451].
14 And if thou wilt walk [03212] in my ways [01870], to keep [08104] my statutes [02706] and my commandments [04687], as thy father [01] David [01732] did walk [01980], then I will lengthen [0748] thy days [03117].