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3AND SOLOMON made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the City of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.H8010H2859H6547H4428H4714H3947H6547H1323H935H5892H1732H3615H1129H1004H1004H3068H2346H3389H5439 2But the people sacrificed [to God] in the high places [as the heathen did to their idols], for there was no house yet built to the Name of the Lord.H5971H2076H1116H1004H1129H8034H3068H3117 3Solomon loved the Lord, walking [at first] in the statutes {and} practices of David his father, only he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.H8010H157H3068H3212H2708H1732H1H2076H6999H1116 4The king went to Gibeon [near Jerusalem, where stood the tabernacle and the bronze altar] to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. One thousand burnt offerings Solomon offered on that altar.H4428H3212H1391H2076H1931H1419H1116H505H5930H8010H5927H4196 5In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, Ask what I shall give you.H1391H3068H7200H8010H2472H3915H430H559H7592H5414 6Solomon said, You have shown to Your servant David my father great mercy {and} loving-kindness, according as he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart with You; and You have kept for him this great kindness {and} steadfast love, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.H8010H559H6213H5650H1732H1H1419H2617H1980H6440H571H6666H3483H3824H8104H1419H2617H5414H1121H3427H3678H3117 7Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of David my father, and I am but a lad [in wisdom and experience]; I know not how to go out (begin) or come in (finish).H3068H430H5650H4427H1732H1H6996H5288H3045H3318H935 8Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who cannot be counted for multitude.H5650H8432H5971H977H7227H5971H4487H5608H7230 9So give Your servant an understanding mind {and} a hearing heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad. For who is able to judge {and} rule this Your great people?H5414H5650H8085H3820H8199H5971H995H2896H7451H3201H8199H3515H5971 10It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.H1697H3190H5869H136H8010H7592H1697 11God said to him, Because you have asked this and have not asked for long life or for riches, nor for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to recognize what is just and right,H430H559H7592H1697H7592H7227H3117H7592H6239H7592H5315H341H7592H995H8085H4941 12Behold, I have done as you asked. I have given you a wise, discerning mind, so that no one before you was your equal, nor shall any arise after you equal to you.H6213H1697H5414H2450H995H3820H6440H310H6965 13I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings equal to you all your days.H5414H7592H6239H3519H376H4428H3117 14And if you will go My way, keep My statutes and My commandments as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days.H3212H1870H8104H2706H4687H1H1732H1980H748H3117 15Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. He came to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.H8010H3364H2472H935H3389H5975H6440H727H1285H3068H5927H5930H6213H8002H6213H4960H5650 16Then two women who had become mothers out of wedlock came and stood before the king.H935H8147H802H2181H4428H5975H6440 17And 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.H259H802H559H994H113H802H3427H259H1004H3205H1004 18And the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered. And we were together; no stranger was with us, just we two in the house.H7992H3117H3205H802H3205H3162H2114H1004H2108H8147H1004 19And this woman's child died in the night because she lay on him.H802H1121H4191H3915H7901 20And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me while your handmaid slept and laid him in her bosom and laid her dead child in my bosom.H6965H8432H3915H3947H1121H681H519H3463H7901H2436H7901H4191H1121H2436 21And when I rose to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I had considered him in the morning, behold, it was not the son I had borne.H6965H1242H1121H3243H4191H995H1242H1121H3205 22But the other woman said, No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son! And this one said, No! But the dead son is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.H312H802H559H2416H1121H4191H1121H559H4191H1121H2416H1121H1696H6440H4428 23The king said, One says, This is my son that is alive and yours is the dead one. The other woman says, No! But your son is the dead one and mine is the living one.H559H4428H2063H559H1121H2416H1121H4191H2063H559H1121H4191H1121H2416 24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword to the king.H4428H559H3947H2719H935H2719H6440H4428 25And the king said, Divide the living child in two and give half to the one and half to the other.H4428H559H1504H2416H3206H8147H5414H2677H259H2677H259 26Then the mother of the living child said to the king, for she yearned over her son, O my lord, give her the living baby, and by no means slay him. But the other said, Let him not be mine or yours, but divide him.H559H802H2416H1121H4428H7356H3648H1121H559H994H113H5414H2416H3205H4191H4191H559H1504 27Then the king said, Give her [who pleads for his life] the living baby, and by no means slay him. She is the child's mother.H4428H6030H559H5414H2416H3205H4191H4191H517 28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had made, and they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.H3478H8085H4941H4428H8199H3372H6440H7200H2451H430H7130H6213H4941


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