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Later,
Solomon formed
an
alliance
with Pharaoh king of Egypt by
marrying
his
daughter .
Solomon
brought her to
the City of David until he had finished
building his palace
and the house of the LORD, as
well
as
the wall around
Jerusalem.
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
.
The people ,
however,
were
still
sacrificing
on
the
high places because a
house for
the Name of the LORD had
not
yet
been
built
.
Only
the people sacrificed
in
high places ,
because there
was
no
house built
unto
the name of the LORD ,
until
those
days
.
And Solomon loved the LORD and
walked
in the statutes of his father David,
except
that
he sacrificed and burned
incense on
the
high places.
And Solomon loved the LORD ,
walking
in the statutes of David
his father :
only
he sacrificed and burnt
incense in
high places.
Now
the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there ,
for it
was the great high place .
Solomon
offered
a thousand burnt offerings on
the
altar there
.
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.
One
night
at
Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream ,
and God said, “
Ask ,
and
I will
give it
to
you!”
In
Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by
night:
and God said, Ask what
I shall
give thee.
Solomon replied
, “You
have
shown
much
loving
devotion
to
Your
servant ,
my father David
, because
he walked before You
in faithfulness
, righteousness, and uprightness of heart .
And You
have
maintained
this loving
devotion
by
giving
him a son to sit on his throne this very
day.
And
Solomon said
, Thou
hast
showed
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.
And now, O LORD my God, You
have
made Your
servant king in
my father David’s
place.
But
I am only
a little child ,
not knowing
how to go out or come in.
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.
Your
servant is here
among
the people You
have
chosen, a people too
numerous
to
count
or
number
.
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
.
Therefore
give Your
servant an understanding heart to judge Your
people and
to
discern between good and evil.
For who is able to govern
this great people of
Yours
? ”
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?
Now
it
pleased the Lord that Solomon had made
this request
.
And
the
speech
pleased the LORD ,
that Solomon had asked
this thing
.
So
God said to
him, “Since
you
have
asked for
this instead
of
requesting
long life or
wealth
for
yourself
or
death
for your
enemies —
but you
have
asked for discernment
to administer
justice—
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;
behold, I will
do
what
you
have asked.
I will
give
you
a wise and discerning
heart ,
so that there has
never
been
nor
will
ever
be
another
like you
.
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
.
Moreover,
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
.
And
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.
So
if you
walk in My ways and
keep My statutes and commandments, just
as your
father David did, I will prolong
your
days. ”
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.
Then
Solomon awoke ,
and indeed
it had
been
a dream. So
he returned
to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings .
Then
he
held
a feast for
all his servants.
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.
At
that
time
two
prostitutes
came to
the king and stood before him.
Then
came there
two
women,
that
were
harlots,
unto
the king ,
and stood before him.
One woman said, “Please,
my lord, this woman and
I
live
in the
same
house ,
and I gave
birth
while
she
was in the house.
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.
On
the third day after I gave
birth
, this woman also had
a
baby.
We were alone,
with
no one
in the house but
the
two of
us
.
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
.
During
the
night
this woman’s
son
died because she rolled
over
on
him
.
And
this woman's
child
died in
the
night;
because she overlaid
it
.
So
she got
up
in
the
middle
of
the
night
and took my son from my
side
while I
was
asleep.
She
laid him
in her bosom and put
her dead son
at
my bosom.
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.
The
next
morning,
when I got
up
to nurse
my son
, I
discovered
he
was dead .
But when I examined
him
, I
realized
that
he
was not the
son I had
borne
. ”
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
.
“No,”
said
the other woman, “
the living one
is my son and the dead one
is your
son. ”
But
the
first
woman
insisted
, “
No ,
the dead one
is yours
and the living one
is mine
. ”
So
they argued
before the king.
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.
Then the king replied
, “This
woman
says
, ‘
My son is
alive
and yours
is dead, ’
but that
woman
says,
‘No,
your
son is dead and mine
is alive
. ’”
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
.
The king continued
, “
Bring me a sword. ”
So
they brought him
a sword ,
And
the king said
, Bring me a sword. And
they brought a sword before
the
king.
and the king declared
, “Cut
the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other. ”
And the king said
, Divide
the living child in two ,
and give half to the
one ,
and half to the other.
Then the woman whose son
was alive
spoke
to
the king because
she
yearned
with
compassion
for her son .
“Please
, my
lord,”
she said, “
give her the living baby
. Do
not
kill
him!”
But the other woman
said, “He
will
be neither mine nor yours
. Cut
him
in
two!”
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
.
Then the king gave
his
ruling:
“
Give the living baby
to
the
first
woman.
By
no means
should
you
kill
him;
she is his
mother. ”
Then the king answered
and
said,
Give her
the living child,
and
in
no wise
slay
it:
she is the
mother thereof
.
When
all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given,
they stood
in
awe
of
him,
for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer
justice
.
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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