1 Kings 3:9-28 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?

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9 H5414 Give [H8804] H5650 therefore thy servant H8085 an understanding [H8802] H3820 heart H8199 to judge [H8800] H5971 thy people H995 , that I may discern [H8687] H2896 between good H7451 and bad H3201 : for who is able [H8799] H8199 to judge [H8800] H3515 this thy so great H5971 a people?

10 H1697 And the speech H3190 pleased [H8799] H5869 H136 the Lord H8010 , that Solomon H7592 had asked [H8804] H1697 this thing.

11 H430 And God H559 said [H8799] H7592 unto him, Because thou hast asked [H8804] H1697 this thing H7592 , and hast not asked [H8804] H7227 for thyself long H3117 life H7592 ; neither hast asked [H8804] H6239 riches H7592 for thyself, nor hast asked [H8804] H5315 the life H341 of thine enemies [H8802] H7592 ; but hast asked [H8804] H995 for thyself understanding [H8687] H8085 to discern [H8800] H4941 judgment;

12 H6213 Behold, I have done [H8804] H1697 according to thy words H5414 : lo, I have given [H8804] H2450 thee a wise H995 and an understanding [H8737] H3820 heart H6440 ; so that there was none like thee before H310 thee, neither after H6965 thee shall any arise [H8799] like unto thee.

13 H5414 And I have also given [H8804] H7592 thee that which thou hast not asked [H8804] H6239 , both riches H3519 , and honour 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 [H8799] H1870 in my ways H8104 , to keep [H8800] H2706 my statutes H4687 and my commandments H1 , as thy father H1732 David H1980 did walk [H8804] H748 , then I will lengthen [H8689] H3117 thy days.

15 H8010 And Solomon H3364 awoke [H8799] H2472 ; and, behold, it was a dream H935 . And he came [H8799] H3389 to Jerusalem H5975 , and stood [H8799] H6440 before H727 the ark H1285 of the covenant H3068 of the LORD H5927 , and offered up [H8686] H5930 burnt offerings H6213 , and offered [H8799] H8002 peace offerings H6213 , and made [H8799] H4960 a feast H5650 to all his servants.

16 H935 Then came [H8799] H8147 there two H802 women H2181 , that were harlots [H8802] H4428 , unto the king H5975 , and stood [H8799] H6440 before him.

17 H259 And the one H802 woman H559 said [H8799] H994 , O H113 my lord H802 , I and this woman H3427 dwell [H8802] H259 in one H1004 house H3205 ; and I was delivered of a child [H8799] H1004 with her in the house.

18 H7992 And it came to pass the third H3117 day H3205 after that I was delivered [H8800] H802 , that this woman H3205 was delivered [H8799] H3162 also: and we were together H2114 ; there was no stranger [H8801] 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 [H8799] H3915 in the night H7901 ; because she overlaid [H8804] it.

20 H6965 And she arose [H8799] H8432 at midnight H3915 H3947 , and took [H8799] H1121 my son H681 from beside H519 me, while thine handmaid H3463 slept H7901 , and laid [H8686] H2436 it in her bosom H7901 , and laid [H8689] H4191 her dead [H8801] H1121 child H2436 in my bosom.

21 H6965 And when I rose [H8799] H1242 in the morning H1121 to give my child H3243 suck [H8687] H4191 , behold, it was dead [H8804] H995 : but when I had considered [H8709] H1242 it in the morning H1121 , behold, it was not my son H3205 , which I did bear [H8804] .

22 H312 And the other H802 woman H559 said [H8799] H2416 , Nay; but the living H1121 is my son H4191 , and the dead [H8801] H1121 is thy son H559 . And this said [H8802] H4191 , No; but the dead [H8801] H1121 is thy son H2416 , and the living H1121 is my son H1696 . Thus they spake [H8762] H6440 before H4428 the king.

23 H559 Then said [H8799] H4428 the king H2063 , The one H559 saith [H8802] H1121 , This is my son H2416 that liveth H1121 , and thy son H4191 is the dead [H8801] H2063 : and the other H559 saith [H8802] H1121 , Nay; but thy son H4191 is the dead [H8801] H1121 , and my son H2416 is the living.

24 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799] H3947 , Bring [H8798] H2719 me a sword H935 . And they brought [H8686] H2719 a sword H6440 before H4428 the king.

25 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799] H1504 , Divide [H8798] H2416 the living H3206 child H8147 in two H5414 , and give [H8798] H2677 half H259 to the one H2677 , and half H259 to the other.

26 H559 Then spake [H8799] H802 the woman H2416 whose the living H1121 child H4428 was unto the king H7356 , for her bowels H3648 yearned [H8738] H1121 upon her son H559 , and she said [H8799] H994 , O H113 my lord H5414 , give [H8798] H2416 her the living H3205 child [H8803] H4191 , and in no wise [H8687] H4191 slay [H8686] H559 it. But the other said [H8802] H1504 , Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide [H8798] it .

27 H4428 Then the king H6030 answered [H8799] H559 and said [H8799] H5414 , Give [H8798] H2416 her the living H3205 child [H8803] H4191 , and in no wise [H8687] H4191 slay [H8686] H517 it: she is the mother thereof.

28 H3478 And all Israel H8085 heard [H8799] H4941 of the judgment H4428 which the king H8199 had judged [H8804] H3372 ; and they feared [H8799] H6440 the king H7200 : for they saw [H8804] H2451 that the wisdom H430 of God H7130 was in him H6213 , to do [H8800] H4941 judgment.