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* And Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh the king of Egypt . And he took Pharaoh 's daughter and brought her into the city of David , until he finished building his own house , and the house of Jehovah , and the wall of Jerusalem all around . * Only , the people were sacrificing in high places , for a house for the name of Jehovah had not been built until those days . * And Solomon loved Jehovah , to walk in the statutes of his father David . Only , he was sacrificing in high places and burning incense . * And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there ; for it was the great high place . Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar . * Jehovah appeared to Solomon in Gibeon in a dream of the night . And God said , Ask . What shall I give to you ? * And Solomon said , You have shown great kindness to Your servant , my father David , as he walked before You in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with You . And You have kept for him this great kindness , and have given to him a son sitting on his throne , as today . * And now , O Jehovah my God , You have caused Your servant to reign instead of my father David . And I am a little man-child ; I do not know to go out and to come in . * And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen , a numerous people that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude . * Also give to Your servant an understanding heart , to judge Your people to discern between good and evil . For who is able to judge this , Your great people ? * And the word was good in the eyes of the Lord , that Solomon had asked this thing . * And God said to him , Because you have asked this thing , and have not asked for yourself many days , nor asked riches for yourself , nor asked the life of your enemies , and have asked for discernment for yourself , to understand judgment , * behold , I have done according to your words . Behold , I have given to you a wise and understanding heart , so that there was none like you before you , and after you none shall rise up like you . * And also , I have given you that which you have not asked , both riches and honor , that there shall not be a man like you among the kings all your days . * And if you walk in My ways , to keep My statutes and My commands , as your father David walked , then I will prolong your days . * And Solomon awoke , and behold , it was a dream ! And he came into Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah , and offered burnt offerings , and made peace offerings . And he made a banquet for all his servants . * Then two women , harlots , came in to the king and stood before him . * And the one woman said , O my lord , this woman and I were living in one house . And I gave birth , with her in the house . * And it happened on the third day after I gave birth , this woman also gave birth . And we were together ; no stranger was with us in the house , only we two in the house . * And the son of this woman died at night , because she laid on it . * And she rose up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me and laid it in her bosom ; and your handmaid was asleep . And she laid her dead son in my bosom . * And I rose up in the morning to suckle my son ; and behold ! It was dead . And I looked at it in the morning ; and , behold , it was not my son whom I had borne . * And the other woman said , No , but my son is the living , and your son the dead . And this one said , No , but your son is dead , and my son the living . And they spoke before the king . * And the king said , This one says , This is my son , the living one , and your son the dead . And that one says , No , but your son is the dead , and my son the living . * And the king said , Bring a sword to me . And they brought the sword before the king . * And the king said , Divide the living child into two , and give the half to the one , and the half to the other . * And the woman whose son was the living one said to the king (for her womb yearned over her son ) yea , she said , O my lord , give her the living child , and do not at all put it to death . And this one said , Let it be neither yours or mine , divide it . * And the king answered and said , Give to her the living child , and do not put it to death at all ; she is its mother . * And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had judged , and feared from the face of the king ; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment .

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