ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 3
1. And Solomon[H8010] made affinity[H2859] with Pharaoh[H6547] king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], and took[H3947] Pharaoh[H6547]'s daughter[H1323], and brought[H935] her into the city[H5892] of David[H1732], until he had made an end[H3615] of building[H1129] his own house[H1004], and the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and the wall[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] round about[H5439].
2. Only the people[H5971] sacrificed[H2076] in the high places[H1116], because there was no house[H1004] built[H1129] for the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068] until those days[H3117].
3. And Solomon[H8010] loved[H157] Jehovah[H3068], walking[H3212] in the statutes[H2708] of David[H1732] his father[H1]: only he sacrificed[H2076] and burnt incense[H6999] in the high places[H1116].
4. And the king[H4428] went[H3212] to Gibeon[H1391] to sacrifice[H2076] there[H1931]; for that was the great[H1419] high place[H1116]: a thousand[H505] burnt-offerings[H5930] did Solomon[H8010] offer[H5927] upon that altar[H4196].
5. In Gibeon[H1391] Jehovah[H3068] appeared[H7200] to Solomon[H8010] in a dream[H2472] by night[H3915]; and God[H430] said[H559], Ask[H7592] what I shall give thee[H5414].
6. And Solomon[H8010] said[H559], Thou hast showed[H6213] unto thy servant[H5650] David[H1732] my father[H1] great[H1419] lovingkindness[H2617], according as he walked[H1980] before[H6440] thee in truth[H571], and in righteousness[H6666], and in uprightness[H3483] of heart[H3824] with thee[H8104]; and thou hast kept for him this great[H1419] lovingkindness[H2617], that thou hast given[H5414] him a son[H1121] to sit[H3427] on his throne[H3678], as it is this day[H3117].
7. And now[H3068], O Jehovah my God[H430], thou hast made thy servant[H5650] king[H4427] instead of David[H1732] my father[H1]: and I am but a little[H6996] child[H5288]; I know[H3045] not how to go out[H3318] or come in[H935].
8. And thy servant[H5650] is in the midst[H8432] of thy people[H5971] which thou hast chosen[H977], a great[H7227] people[H5971], that cannot be numbered[H4487] nor counted[H5608] for multitude[H7230].
9. Give[H5414] thy servant[H5650] therefore an understanding[H8085] heart[H3820] to judge[H8199] thy people[H5971], that I may discern[H995] between good[H2896] and evil[H7451]; for who is able[H3201] to judge[H8199] this thy great[H3515] people[H5971]?
10. And the speech[H1697] pleased[H3190] the Lord[H136], that Solomon[H8010] had asked[H7592] this thing[H1697].
11. And God[H430] said[H559] unto him[H7592], Because thou hast asked this thing[H1697], and hast not asked[H7592] for thyself long[H7227] life[H3117], neither hast asked[H7592] riches[H6239] for thyself[H7592], nor hast asked the life[H5315] of thine enemies[H341], but hast asked[H7592] for thyself understanding[H995] to discern[H8085] justice[H4941];
12. behold[H6213], I have done according to thy word[H1697]: lo[H5414], I have given thee a wise[H2450] and an understanding[H995] heart[H3820]; so that there hath been none like thee before[H6440] thee[H310], neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee[H6965].
13. And I have also given[H5414] thee that which thou hast not asked[H7592], both riches[H6239] and honor[H3519], so that there shall not be any[H376] among the kings[H4428] like unto thee[H3117], all thy days.
14. And if thou wilt walk[H3212] in my ways[H1870], to keep[H8104] my statutes[H2706] and my commandments[H4687], as thy father[H1] David[H1732] did walk[H1980], then I will lengthen[H748] thy days[H3117].
15. And Solomon[H8010] awoke[H3364]; and[H2472], behold, it was a dream: and he came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], and stood[H5975] before[H6440] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068], and offered up[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930], and offered[H6213] peace-offerings[H5930], and made[H6213] a feast[H4960] to all his servants[H5650].
16. Then there came[H935] two[H8147] women[H802] that were harlots[H2181], unto the king[H4428], and stood[H5975] before him[H6440].
17. And the one[H259] woman[H802] said[H559], Oh[H994], my lord[H113], I and this woman[H802] dwell[H3427] in one[H259] house[H1004]; and I was delivered of a child[H3205] with her in the house[H1004].
18. And it came to pass the third[H7992] day[H3117] after I was delivered[H3205], that this woman[H802] was delivered[H3205] also[H3162]; and we were together; there was no stranger[H2114] with us in the house[H1004], save[H2108] we two[H8147] in the house[H1004].
19. And this woman[H802]'s child[H1121] died[H4191] in the night[H3915], because she lay upon it[H7901].
20. And she arose[H6965] at midnight[H8432], and took[H3947] my son[H1121] from beside[H681] me[H519], while thy handmaid slept[H3463], and laid[H7901] it in her bosom[H2436], and laid[H7901] her dead[H4191] child[H1121] in my bosom[H2436].
21. And when I rose[H6965] in the morning[H1242] to give my child[H1121] suck[H3243], behold[H4191], it was dead; but when I had looked[H995] at it in the morning[H1242], behold[H1121], it was not my son, whom I did bear[H3205].
22. And the other[H312] woman[H802] said[H559], Nay[H2416]; but the living is my son[H1121], and the dead[H4191] is thy son[H1121]. And this said[H559], No[H4191]; but the dead is thy son[H1121], and the living[H2416] is my son[H1121]. Thus they spake[H1696] before[H6440] the king[H4428].
23. Then said[H559] the king[H4428], The one[H2063] saith[H559], This is my son[H1121] that liveth[H2416], and thy son[H1121] is the dead[H4191]: and the other[H2063] saith[H559], Nay[H1121]; but thy son is the dead[H4191], and my son[H1121] is the living[H2416].
24. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Fetch[H3947] me a sword[H2719]. And they brought[H935] a sword[H2719] before[H6440] the king[H4428].
25. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Divide[H1504] the living[H2416] child[H3206] in two[H8147], and give[H5414] half[H2677] to the one[H259], and half[H2677] to the other[H259].
26. Then spake[H559] the woman[H802] whose the living[H2416] child[H1121] was unto the king[H4428], for her heart[H7356] yearned[H3648] over her son[H1121], and she said[H559], Oh[H994], my lord[H113], give[H5414] her the living[H2416] child[H3205], and in no wise[H4191] slay[H4191] it[H559]. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine[H1504]; divide it.
27. Then the king[H4428] answered[H6030] and said[H559], Give[H5414] her the living[H2416] child[H3205], and in no wise[H4191] slay[H4191] it[H517]: she is the mother thereof.
28. And all Israel[H3478] heard[H8085] of the judgment[H4941] which the king[H4428] had judged[H8199]; and they feared[H3372] the king[H6440]: for they saw[H7200] that the wisdom[H2451] of God[H430] was in him[H7130], to do[H6213] justice[H4941].
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