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* And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt , and took Pharaohs 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 . * Only the people sacrificed in high places , because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD , until those days . * And Solomon loved the LORD , walking in the statutes of David his father : only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places . * 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 . * In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night : and God said , Ask what I shall give thee . * And Solomon said , Thou hast shewed 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 . * And now , O LORD my God , thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father : and I am but a little child na #ar #: I know not how to go out or come in . * 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 . * 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 ? * And the speech pleased the Lord , that Solomon had asked this thing . * 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 ; * 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 . * 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 kings like unto thee all thy days . * 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 . * 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 . * Then came there two women , that were harlots , unto the king , and stood before him . * 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 . * 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 . * And this womans child died in the night ; because she overlaid it . * And she arose at midnight tavek #, 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And the king said , Bring me a sword . And they brought a sword before the king . * And the king said , Divide the living child in two , and give half to the one , and half to the other . * 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 . * Then the king answered and said , Give her the living child , and in no wise slay it : she is the mother thereof . * 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 .

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