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commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the
kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
CHAPTER KINGS 3
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s 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 L
ORD
, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
2
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because
there was no house built unto the name of the L
ORD
, until those days.
3
And Solomon loved the
L
ORD
, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
4
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.
5
In Gibeon the L
ORD
appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall
give thee.
6
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.
7
And now, O L
ORD
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 go out or come in.
8
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.
9
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?
10
And
the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
11
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;
12
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.
13
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.
14
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.
15
And Solomon awoke; and, behold,
it was
a dream. And he came to Jerusalem,
and stood before the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered
peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
16
Then came there two women,
that were
harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
17
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.
18
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.
19
And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20
And
she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in
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