1 Chronicles 22:12 Cross References - Brenton

¹² Only may the Lord give thee wisdom and prudence, and strengthen thee over Israel, both to keep and to do the law of the Lord thy God.

⁶ And ye shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

⁹ Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy great people? ¹⁰ And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing. ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing of me, and hast not asked for thyself long life, and hast not asked wealth, nor hast asked the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to hear judgement; ¹² behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee an understanding and wise heart: there has not been any one like thee before thee, and after thee there shall not arise one like thee.

¹ And king Solomon was a lover of women. ^(11:1) And he took strange women, as well as the daughter of Pharao, Moabitish, Ammanitish women, Syrians and Idumeans, Chettites, and Amorites; ² of the nations concerning whom the Lord forbade the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you, lest they turn away your hearts after their idols: Solomon clave to these in love. ³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. ^(11:3) And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods. ⁴ And it came to pass in the time of the old age of Solomon, that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. ^{5 (11:7A)} and to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians. ⁶ And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he went not after the Lord, as David his father. ⁷ Then Solomon built a high place to Chamos the idol of Moab, and to their king the idol of the children of Ammon, ⁸ And thus he acted towards all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their idols. ⁹ And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because he turned away his heart from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared twice to him, ¹⁰ and charged him concerning this matter, by no means to go after other gods, but to take heed to do what the Lord God commanded him; neither was his heart perfect with the Lord, according to the heart of David his father.

¹⁰ Now give me wisdom and understanding, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who shall judge this thy great people?

^{1 (71:1)} For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son;

⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come knowledge and understanding, ⁷ and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.