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The First Book of Kings 3

3 And Solomon made himself the son-in-law of Pharaoh the king of Egypt. And he took the daughter of Pharaoh and he brought her into the city of David until his completing to build his house and the house of Yahweh and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only the people were sacrificing at the high places because a house had not been built for the name of Yahweh until those days. 3 And Solomon loved Yahweh by walking in the statutes of David his father, but at the high places he was sacrificing and burning incense.

4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered up a thousand burnt up offerings on that altar. 5 At Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream that night. And God said, “Request! What should I give to you?” 6 And Solomon said, “You yourself have did great covenant faithfulness with your servant David, my father, because he walked before your face in faithfulness and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with you. And you have kept for him this great covenant faithfulness and you have given to him a son sitting on his throne as it is this day. 7 And now, Yahweh my God, you yourself have caused your servant to reign in place of David my father, but I am a young youth. I do not know going out or coming in. 8 And your servant is in the midst of your people, whom you have chosen, a numerous people who can not be numbered and can not be counted because of abundance. 9 And may you give to your servant a heart that hears to judge your people, to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge your people, this heavy one?”

10 And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had requested this thing. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have requested this thing and you have not requested for yourself many days, and you have not requested riches for yourself, and you have not requested the life of your enemies, but you requested for yourself discerning to hear justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given to you a wise and discerning heart, so that one has not been like you before your face, and after you will not rise one like you. 13 And also what you have not requested I have given to you, both riches and honor, so that there will not be a man like you among the kings all of your days. 14 And if you will walk in my ways to keep my statutes and my commandments, just as David your father walked, then I will lengthen your days.” 15 And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream! And he entered Jerusalem and he stood before the face of the box of the covenant of the Lord. And he offered up burnt offerings and he made peace offerings. And he made a feast for all his servants.

16 At that time two women, prostitutes, came to the king and they stood before his face. 17 And the one woman said, “Please, my master, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I gave birth with her in the house. 18 And it happened on the third day of my giving birth that this woman also gave birth. And we were together, there was no stranger with us in the house, only we two were in the house. 19 And the son of this woman died at night, because she lay on him. 20 And she arose in the middle of the night and she took my son from my side, and your female servant was asleep. And she laid him in her bosom. And her son, the one who died, she laid in my bosom. 21 And I rose in the morning to nurse my son, and behold, he was dead! And I considered diligently with respect to him in the morning, and behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne!” 22 And the other woman said, “No, but my son is the living one, and your son is the dead one.” And this one was saying, “No, but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.” And they spoke before the face of the king.

23 And the king said, “This one says, ‘This is my son, the living one, and your son is the dead one,’ but this one says, ‘No, but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ” 24 And the king said, “Take a sword for me.” And they brought the sword before the face of the king. 25 And the king said, “Divide the living child into two pieces, and give the half to one and the half to the other.” 26 And the woman whose son was the living one said to the king, for her compassionate feelings for her son became warm. And she said, “Please, my master, give to her the living child, and you must certainly not put him to death!” But this one was saying, “Either for me or for you he will not be. Divide!” 27 And the king answered and said, “Give to her the living child, and you must certainly not put him to death. She is his mother.” 28 And all Israel heard the judgment that the king had judged, and they were afraid from the face of the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was within him to do justice.

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