The woman was convinced. The fruit looked so fresh and delicious, and it would make her so wise! So she ate some of the fruit. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. Then he ate it, too.

If you obey them carefully, you will display your wisdom and intelligence to the surrounding nations. When they hear about these laws, they will exclaim, 'What other nation is as wise and prudent as this!'

Then the woman went to the people with her wise advice, and they cut off Sheba's head and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet and called his troops back from the attack, and they all returned to their homes. Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

He did it to place the matter before you in a different light. But you are as wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything that happens among us!"

O Lord my God, now you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn't know his way around.

People from every nation came to visit him and to hear the wisdom God had given him.

Do with him what you think best, but don't let him die in peace.

So the Lord gave great wisdom to Solomon just as he had promised. And Hiram and Solomon made a formal alliance of peace.

for he was a craftsman skilled in bronze work. He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a foundry worker from Tyre. So he came to work for King Solomon.

God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge too vast to be measured.