Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 joineth
in
marriage
with Pharaoh king of Egypt ,
and
taketh
the
daughter of
Pharaoh,
and
bringeth
her in
unto
the city of David ,
till
he completeth
to
build
his own
house,
and the house of Jehovah
, 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 are
sacrificing in
high places ,
for
there
hath
not
been
built
a house for the name of Jehovah
till
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 loveth
Jehovah,
to
walk
in the statutes of David
his father --
only
, in
high places he
is
sacrificing
and
making
perfume
--
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 goeth
to Gibeon ,
to sacrifice there, for it `is'
the great high place ;
a thousand burnt -
offerings cause
to
ascend
doth
Solomon
on 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 hath
Jehovah
appeared unto
Solomon ,
in a dream of
the
night
, and God saith
, `
Ask --
what
do
I give to 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 saith
, `Thou
hast
done
with
Thy
servant David
my father great
kindness
, as
he walked before Thee
in truth
and
in
righteousness, and in
uprightness of heart with
Thee,
and Thou
dost
keep
for
him
this great
kindness,
and
dost
give
to
him a son sitting
on his throne ,
as
`at'
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 Jehovah
my God, Thou
hast
caused
thy
servant to
reign
instead
of
David
my father ;
and
I `
am '
a little child, I
do
not know
to go out and
to
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 ,
whom
Thou
hast
chosen, a people numerous ,
that
is
not
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
? ”
and
Thou
hast
given
to
Thy
servant an understanding heart ,
to judge Thy
people ,
to discern between good and evil ;
for who is able to judge
this Thy
great people? '
Now
it
pleased
the Lord that Solomon had
made
this request.
And
the thing
is
good
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord ,
that Solomon hath
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 saith
unto
him, `Because
that
thou
hast
asked this thing,
and
hast
not
asked
for thee
many
days,
nor
asked
for thee
riches,
nor
asked
the
life
of
thine
enemies ,
and
hast
asked for thee
discernment to understand
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.
lo
, I have done
according
to
thy
words;
lo,
I have
given
to
thee
a heart,
wise and understanding
, that like
thee
there hath
not
been before
thee,
and
after
thee
there
doth
not
arise
like 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
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 ;
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
dost
walk in My ways to
keep My statutes ,
and My
commands
, as David thy
father
walked
, then
I have
prolonged
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 awaketh
, and lo,
a dream ;
and
he cometh
in
to Jerusalem, and
standeth
before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
, and causeth
to
ascend
burnt -
offerings ,
and maketh
peace -
offerings. And
he maketh
a banquet
for all his servants ,
At
that
time
two prostitutes
came
to
the king and stood
before him .
then
come
in
do
two women,
harlots,
unto
the king ,
and stand
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 saith
, `O
, my lord, I
and
this woman are
dwelling
in one
house, and I bring
forth
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
cometh
to
pass
on the third day of
my
bringing
forth
, that
this woman also bringeth
forth,
and
we `are'
together
, there
is
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
the son of
this
woman
dieth
at
night,
because she hath
lain
upon
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 riseth
in the middle of the night ,
and taketh
my son from beside
me
--
and
thy
handmaid
is
asleep --
and
layeth
it
in her bosom ,
and her dead son she
hath
laid
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
I
rise
in
the morning to suckle
my son, and
lo,
dead ;
and
I consider
concerning
it
in
the
morning
, and
lo,
it
was not my
son whom
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 saith
, `Nay,
but
my son `is'
the
living,
and thy
son
the dead ;'
and
this
`
one '
saith
, `Nay
, but
thy
son
`is'
the dead ,
and my
son
the living. '
And
they speak
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
. ’”
And
the king saith
, `
This `one'
saith
, This
`is'
my son ,
the
living,
and thy
son
`
is '
the
dead ;
and
that `one'
saith
, Nay
, but
thy
son `
is '
the
dead ,
and my
son
the
living
. '
The king continued
, “Bring
me a sword .”
So
they brought
him
a
sword,
And
the king saith
, `Take
for
me a sword ;'
and
they bring
the
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 saith
, `
Cut the living child into
two ,
and give the
half to the
one ,
and the
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!”
And
the woman whose son `is'
the living
one
saith
unto
the
king (
for her bowels
yearned
over
her
son )
, yea
, she saith
, `O,
my
lord,
give to
her the living child,
and
put
it
not at
all
to
death;'
and
this
`one'
saith
, `Let
it
be neither mine or
thine
--
cut `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. ”
And
the king answereth
and
saith,
`
Give ye
to
her
the living child,
and
put
it
not
at
all
to death
; she `
is '
its
mother. '
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 hear
of the judgment that
the king hath
judged
, and
fear
because
of the
king
, for they have
seen
that the wisdom of God `is'
in his
heart,
to do
judgment
.
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