King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”
I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,