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And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt ,
and took Pharaoh '
s daughter ,
and brought her into the (
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Which was Bethlehem .(:
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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 (
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Where altars were appointed before the temple was built ,
to offer to the Lord .(:
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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 (
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For his father had commanded him to obey the Lord and walk in his ways , (
1Ki_2
:3 ).(:
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father :
only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places .
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And the king went to (
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For there the tabernacle was (
2Ch_1
:3 ).(:
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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 Salomon in a dreame by night :
and God sayd ,
Aske what I shal giue thee .
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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 (
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You have performed your promise .(:
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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 (
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That is ,
to behave himself in executing this charge of ruling .(:
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go out or come in .
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And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people ,
which thou hast chosen ,
euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred 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 (
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Which are so many in number .(:
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great a people ?
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And this pleased the Lorde wel ,
that Salomon had desired 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 (
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That is ,
that their enemy would die .(:
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enemies ;
but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment ;
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Beholde ,
I haue done according to thy wordes :
lo ,
I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart ,
so that there hath bene none like thee before thee ,
neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee .
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And I haue also giuen thee that ,
which thou hast not asked ,
both riches and honour ,
so that among the Kings there shall be none like vnto thee all thy dayes .
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And if thou wilt walke in my wayes ,
to keepe mine ordinances &
amp ;
my commandements ,
as thy father Dauid did walke ,
I will prolong thy dayes .
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And Solomon awoke ;
and ,
behold , [
it was ] (
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He knew that God had appeared to him in a dream .(:
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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 .