The next reference from footnote b of 1 Kings 3:12 leads to Mosiah 29. Here we are discussing the gift of wisdom in the arena of politics. Not a topic for an election year. When Mosiah proposed changing the government from a kingship to a rule by judges he urged the people to appoint "wise men" who would "judge according to the commandments of God."
A parallel scripture is found in D&C 98:10 where the Lord instructs modern day saints, living under a constitutional republic to seek diligently for "honest men," "wise men," and "good men" to represent them.
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