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1 Kings 3
- 1
- And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he
had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the
wall of Jerusalem round about.
- 2
- Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there
was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
- 3
- And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of
David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
- 4
- And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that
was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon
that altar.
- 5
- In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by
night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
- 6
- And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant
David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and
in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept
for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his
throne, as it is this day.
- 7
- And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king
instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go
out or come in.
- 8
- And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou
hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for
multitude.
- 9
- Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to
judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to
judge this thy so great a people?
- 10
- And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked
this thing.
- 11
- And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this
thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for
thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself
understanding to discern judgment;
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 15
- And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he
came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and
offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to
all his servants.
- 16
- Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the
king, and stood before him.
- 17
- And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman
dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
- 18
- And it came to pass the third day after that I was
delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was
no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
- 19
- And this woman's child died in the night; because she
overlaid it.
- 20
- And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside
me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead
child in my bosom.
- 21
- And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck,
behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it
was not my son, which I did bear.
- 22
- And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son,
and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the
living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
- 23
- Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that
liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the
dead, and my son is the living.
- 24
- And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a
sword before the king.
- 25
- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and
give half to the one, and half to the other.
- 26
- Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the
king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her
the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be
neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
- 27
- Then the king answered and said, Give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
- 28
- And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had
judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in
him, to do judgment.
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