1 Kings Chapter 3
3:1 | And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3:2 | Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no ![]() ![]() |
3:3 | And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. |
3:4 | And the ![]() |
3:5 | In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. |
3:6 | And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in ![]() ![]() |
3:7 | And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant ![]() |
3:8 | 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. |
3:9 | 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? |
3:10 | And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. |
3:11 | 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; |
3:12 | 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. |
3:13 | 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 ![]() ![]() |
3:14 | 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 ![]() |
3:15 | And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] a dream. And he came to ![]() |
3:16 | Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the ![]() |
3:17 | And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one ![]() ![]() |
3:18 | And it came to pass the third ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3:19 | And this woman' child died in the night; because she overlaid it. |
3:20 | 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. |
3:21 | 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. |
3:22 | 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 ![]() |
3:23 | Then said the ![]() |
3:24 | And the ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3:25 | And the ![]() |
3:26 | Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the ![]() |
3:27 | Then the ![]() |
3:28 | And all ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |