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1 Kings 10:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People from every nation wanted to hear the wisdom God had given him.

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The Queen of Sheba heard how famous Solomon was, so she went to Jerusalem to test him with difficult questions.

So I'll make you wiser than anyone who has ever lived or ever will live.

Everyone in Israel was amazed when they heard how Solomon had made his decision. They realized that God had given him wisdom to judge fairly.

Please make me wise and teach me the difference between right and wrong. Then I will know how to rule your people. If you don't, there is no way I could rule this great nation of yours.

God replied: Solomon, you could have asked me to make you rich or famous or to let you live a long time. Or you could have asked for your enemies to be destroyed. Instead, you asked for wisdom and knowledge to rule my people.

So I will make you wise and intelligent. But I will also make you richer and more famous than any king before or after you.

All wisdom comes from the LORD, and so do common sense and understanding.

and everyone on earth knew it. I, the LORD God, had helped you become a lovely young woman.

God made the four young men clever and wise. They read a lot of books and became well educated. Daniel could also tell the meaning of dreams and visions.

You control human events— you give rulers their power and take it away, and you are the source of wisdom and knowledge.

You are the God who was worshipped by my ancestors. Now I thank you and praise you for making me wise and telling me the king's dream, together with its meaning.”

In your kingdom there is a man who has been given special powers by the holy gods. When your father Nebuchadnezzar was king, this man was known to be as clever, intelligent, and wise as the gods themselves. Your father put him in charge of all who claimed they could talk with the spirits or understand the meanings in the stars or tell about the future.

If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won't correct you for asking.




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