3:1 Solomon
made
a
marriage
alliance
with
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt.
He
took
Pharaoh's
daughter
and
brought
her
into
the
city
of
David
until
he
had
finished
building
his
own
house
and
the
house
of
the
LORD
and
the
wall
around
Jerusalem.
3:2 The
people
were
sacrificing
at
the
high
places,
however,
because
no
house
had
yet
been
built
for
the
name
of
the
LORD.
3:3 Solomon
loved
the
LORD,
walking
in
the
statutes
of
David
his
father,
only
he
sacrificed
and
made
offerings
at
the
high
places.
3:4 And
the
king
went
to
Gibeon
to
sacrifice
there,
for
that
was
the
great
high
place.
Solomon
used
to
offer
a
thousand
burnt
offerings
on
that
altar.
3:5 At
Gibeon
the
LORD
appeared
to
Solomon
in
a
dream
by
night,
and
God
said,
"Ask
what
I
shall
give
you."
3:6 And
Solomon
said,
"You
have
shown
great
and
steadfast
love
to
your
servant
David
my
father,
because
he
walked
before
you
in
faithfulness,
in
righteousness,
and
in
uprightness
of
heart
toward
you.
And
you
have
kept
for
him
this
great
and
steadfast
love
and
have
given
him
a
son
to
sit
on
his
throne
this
day.
3:7 And
now,
O
LORD
my
God,
you
have
made
your
servant
king
in
place
of
David
my
father,
although
I
am
but
a
little
child.
I
do
not
know
how
to
go
out
or
come
in.
3:8 And
your
servant
is
in
the
midst
of
your
people
whom
you
have
chosen,
a
great
people,
too
many
to
be
numbered
or
counted
for
multitude.
3:9 Give
your
servant
therefore
an
understanding
mind
to
govern
your
people,
that
I
may
discern
between
good
and
evil,
for
who
is
able
to
govern
this
your
great
people"
3:10 It
pleased
the
Lord
that
Solomon
had
asked
this.
3:11 And
God
said
to
him,
"Because
you
have
asked
this,
and
have
not
asked
for
yourself
long
life
or
riches
or
the
life
of
your
enemies,
but
have
asked
for
yourself
understanding
to
discern
what
is
right,
3:12 behold,
I
now
do
according
to
your
word.
Behold,
I
give
you
a
wise
and
discerning
mind,
so
that
none
like
you
has
been
before
you
and
none
like
you
shall
arise
after
you.
3:13 I
give
you
also
what
you
have
not
asked,
both
riches
and
honor,
so
that
no
other
king
shall
compare
with
you,
all
your
days.
3:14 And
if
you
will
walk
in
my
ways,
keeping
my
statutes
and
my
commandments,
as
your
father
David
walked,
then
I
will
lengthen
your
days."
3:15 And
Solomon
awoke,
and
behold,
it
was
a
dream.
Then
he
came
to
Jerusalem
and
stood
before
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
and
offered
up
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings,
and
made
a
feast
for
all
his
servants.
3:16 Then
two
prostitutes
came
to
the
king
and
stood
before
him.
3:17 The
one
woman
said,
"Oh,
my
lord,
this
woman
and
I
live
in
the
same
house,
and
I
gave
birth
to
a
child
while
she
was
in
the
house.
3:18 Then
on
the
third
day
after
I
gave
birth,
this
woman
also
gave
birth.
And
we
were
alone.
There
was
no
one
else
with
us
in
the
house;
only
we
two
were
in
the
house.
3:19 And
this
woman's
son
died
in
the
night,
because
she
lay
on
him.
3:20 And
she
arose
at
midnight
and
took
my
son
from
beside
me,
while
your
servant
slept,
and
laid
him
at
her
breast,
and
laid
her
dead
son
at
my
breast.
3:21 When
I
rose
in
the
morning
to
nurse
my
child,
behold,
he
was
dead.
But
when
I
looked
at
him
closely
in
the
morning,
behold,
he
was
not
the
child
that
I
had
borne."
3:22 But
the
other
woman
said,
"No,
the
living
child
is
mine,
and
the
dead
child
is
yours."
The
first
said,
"No,
the
dead
child
is
yours,
and
the
living
child
is
mine."
Thus
they
spoke
before
the
king.
3:23 Then
the
king
said,
"The
one
says,
'This
is
my
son
that
is
alive,
and
your
son
is
dead';
and
the
other
says,
'No;
but
your
son
is
dead,
and
my
son
is
the
living
one.'"
3:24 And
the
king
said,
"Bring
me
a
sword."
So
a
sword
was
brought
before
the
king.
3:25 And
the
king
said,
"Divide
the
living
child
in
two,
and
give
half
to
the
one
and
half
to
the
other."
3:26 Then
the
woman
whose
son
was
alive
said
to
the
king,
because
her
heart
yearned
for
her
son,
"Oh,
my
lord,
give
her
the
living
child,
and
by
no
means
put
him
to
death."
But
the
other
said,
"He
shall
be
neither
mine
nor
yours;
divide
him."
3:27 Then
the
king
answered
and
said,
"Give
the
living
child
to
the
first
woman,
and
by
no
means
put
him
to
death;
she
is
his
mother."
3:28 And
all
Israel
heard
of
the
judgment
that
the
king
had
rendered,
and
they
stood
in
awe
of
the
king,
because
they
perceived
that
the
wisdom
of
God
was
in
him
to
do
justice.