1 Kings 3 · Verse 13

1 Kings 3:13

And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
1 Kings 3:13, King James Version

1 Kings 3:13 in other translations

BSBMoreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
WEBI have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
ASVAnd I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee, all thy days.
YLTand also, that which thou hast not asked I have given to thee, both riches and honour, that there hath not been like thee a man among the kings all thy days;
DARBYAnd I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and glory; so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
BBEAnd with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
WebsterAnd I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like to thee all thy days,

What does 1 Kings 3:13 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 3:5-15

Solomon's dream was not a common one. While his bodily powers were locked up in sleep, the powers of his soul were strengthened; he was enabled to receive the Divine vision, and to make a suitable choice. God, in like manner, puts us in the ready way to be happy, by assuring us we shall have what we need, and pray for. Solomon's making such a choice when asleep, and the powers of reason least active, showed it came…

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1 Kings 3:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְגַ֨םve.Gamand alsoH1571
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
שָׁאַ֙לְתָּ֙sha.'Al.tayou asked forH7592
נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI giveH5414
לָ֔ךְLakhto you
גַּם\־gam-bothH1571
עֹ֖שֶׁר'O.sherwealthH6239
גַּם\־gam-as well asH1571
כָּב֑וֹדka.VodhonorH3519
אֲ֠שֶׁר'a.SherthatH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
הָיָ֨הha.Yahhe has beenH1961
כָמ֥וֹךָkha.Mo.khalike youH3644
אִ֛ישׁ'ishanyoneH376
בַּמְּלָכִ֖יםba.me.la.Khimamong the kingsH4428
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יָמֶֽיךָ\׃ya.Mei.khadays yourH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 3:13

  • Ephesians 3:20

    Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

  • Matthew 6:33

    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  • Proverbs 3:16

    Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

  • Psalms 84:11-12

    For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

  • Romans 8:32

    He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

  • 1 Kings 4:21-24

    And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

  • 1 Kings 10:23-29

    So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. …

  • 1 Corinthians 3:22-23

    Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

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And I.
Ps 84:11,12; Mt 6:33; Ro 8:32; 1Co 3:22,23; Eph 3:20
riches.
4:21-24; 10:23-29; Pr 3:16
shall not be. or, hath not been.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 3:12

    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.

  • 1 Kings 3:13

    And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

  • 1 Kings 3:14

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

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1 Kings 3:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aun también te he dado las cosas que no pediste, riquezas y gloria: tal, que entre los reyes ninguno haya como tú en todos tus días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je t’ai donné aussi ce que tu n’as pas demandé, tant les richesses que la gloire, de sorte qu’il n’y aura personne comme toi parmi les rois, tous tes jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und auch was du nicht erbeten hast, habe ich dir gegeben, sowohl Reichtum als Ehre, so daß deinesgleichen niemand unter den Königen sein wird alle deine Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sed et hæc quæ non postulasti, dedi tibi: divitias scilicet, et gloriam, ut nemo fuerit similis tui in regibus cunctis retro diebus.