1 Kings 3:9-28 Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

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9 H5414 Give H5650 thy servant H8085 therefore an understanding H3820 heart H8199 to judge H5971 thy people, H995 that I may discern H2896 between good H7451 and evil; H3201 for who is able H8199 to judge H3515 this thy great H5971 people?

10 H1697 And the speech H3190 pleased H136 the Lord, H8010 that Solomon H7592 had asked H1697 this thing.

11 H430 And God H559 said H7592 unto him, Because thou hast asked H1697 this thing, H7592 and hast not asked H7227 for thyself long H3117 life, H7592 neither hast asked H6239 riches H7592 for thyself, nor hast asked H5315 the life H341 of thine enemies, H7592 but hast asked H995 for thyself understanding H8085 to discern H4941 justice;

12 H6213 behold, I have done H1697 according to thy word: H5414 lo, I have given H2450 thee a wise H995 and an understanding H3820 heart; H6440 so that there hath been none like thee before H310 thee, neither after H6965 thee shall any arise like unto thee.

13 H5414 And I have also given H7592 thee that which thou hast not asked, H6239 both riches H3519 and honor, H376 so that there shall not be any H4428 among the kings H3117 like unto thee, all thy days.

14 H3212 And if thou wilt walk H1870 in my ways, H8104 to keep H2706 my statutes H4687 and my commandments, H1 as thy father H1732 David H1980 did walk, H748 then I will lengthen H3117 thy days.

15 H8010 And Solomon H3364 awoke; H2472 and, behold, it was a dream: H935 and he came H3389 to Jerusalem, H5975 and stood H6440 before H727 the ark H1285 of the covenant H3068 of Jehovah, H5927 and offered up H5930 burnt-offerings, H6213 and offered H5930 peace-offerings, H6213 and made H4960 a feast H5650 to all his servants.

16 H935 Then there came H8147 two H802 women H2181 that were harlots, H4428 unto the king, H5975 and stood H6440 before him.

17 H259 And the one H802 woman H559 said, H994 Oh, H113 my lord, H802 I and this woman H3427 dwell H259 in one H1004 house; H3205 and I was delivered of a child H1004 with her in the house.

18 H7992 And it came to pass the third H3117 day H3205 after I was delivered, H802 that this woman H3205 was delivered H3162 also; and we were together; H2114 there was no stranger H1004 with us in the house, H2108 save H8147 we two H1004 in the house.

19 H802 And this woman's H1121 child H4191 died H3915 in the night, H7901 because she lay upon it.

20 H6965 And she arose H8432 at midnight, H3947 and took H1121 my son H681 from beside H519 me, while thy handmaid H3463 slept, H7901 and laid H2436 it in her bosom, H7901 and laid H4191 her dead H1121 child H2436 in my bosom.

21 H6965 And when I rose H1242 in the morning H1121 to give my child H3243 suck, H4191 behold, it was dead; H995 but when I had looked H1242 at it in the morning, H1121 behold, it was not my son, H3205 whom I did bear.

22 H312 And the other H802 woman H559 said, H2416 Nay; but the living H1121 is my son, H4191 and the dead H1121 is thy son. H559 And this said, H4191 No; but the dead H1121 is thy son, H2416 and the living H1121 is my son. H1696 Thus they spake H6440 before H4428 the king.

23 H559 Then said H4428 the king, H2063 The one H559 saith, H1121 This is my son H2416 that liveth, H1121 and thy son H4191 is the dead: H2063 and the other H559 saith, H1121 Nay; but thy son H4191 is the dead, H1121 and my son H2416 is the living.

24 H4428 And the king H559 said, H3947 Fetch H2719 me a sword. H935 And they brought H2719 a sword H6440 before H4428 the king.

25 H4428 And the king H559 said, H1504 Divide H2416 the living H3206 child H8147 in two, H5414 and give H2677 half H259 to the one, H2677 and half H259 to the other.

26 H559 Then spake H802 the woman H2416 whose the living H1121 child H4428 was unto the king, H7356 for her heart H3648 yearned H1121 over her son, H559 and she said, H994 Oh, H113 my lord, H5414 give H2416 her the living H3205 child, H4191 and in no wise H4191 slay H559 it. But the other said, H1504 It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

27 H4428 Then the king H6030 answered H559 and said, H5414 Give H2416 her the living H3205 child, H4191 and in no wise H4191 slay H517 it: she is the mother thereof.

28 H3478 And all Israel H8085 heard H4941 of the judgment H4428 which the king H8199 had judged; H3372 and they feared H6440 the king: H7200 for they saw H2451 that the wisdom H430 of God H7130 was in him, H6213 to do H4941 justice.