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Chapter 3
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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. |
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Only the people sacrificed in high places, because
there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until
those days. |
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And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes
of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense
in high places. |
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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. |
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In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by
night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked
this thing. |
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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; |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto
the king, and stood before him. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And this woman's child died in the night; because she
overlaid it. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought
a sword before the king. |
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And the king said, Divide the living child in two,
and give half to the one, and half to the other. |
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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. |
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Then the king answered and said, Give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. |
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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. |
