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

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

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

11 H430 God H559 said H559 to him, "Because you have asked H1697 this thing, H7592 and have not asked H7227 for yourself long H3117 life, H7592 neither have asked H6239 riches H7592 for yourself, nor have asked H5315 the life H341 of your enemies, H7592 but have asked H995 for yourself understanding H8085 to discern H4941 justice;

12 H6213 behold, I have done H1697 according to your word. H5414 Behold, I have given H2450 you a wise H995 and an understanding H3820 heart; H6440 so that there has been none like you before H310 you, neither after H6965 you shall any arise like you.

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

14 H3212 If you will walk H1870 in my ways, H8104 to keep H2706 my statutes H4687 and my commandments, H1 as your father H1732 David H1980 walked, H748 then I will lengthen H3117 your days."

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

16 H8147 Then two H802 women H2181 who were prostitutes H935 came H4428 to the king, H5975 and stood H6440 before him.

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

18 H7992 It happened the third H3117 day H3205 after I delivered, H802 that this woman H3205 delivered H3162 also. We were together. H2114 There was no stranger H1004 with us in the house, H2108 just H8147 us two H1004 in the house.

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

20 H6965 She arose H8432 at midnight, H3947 and took H1121 my son H681 from beside H519 me, while your 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 When I rose H1242 in the morning H3243 to nurse H1121 my child, 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 bore."

22 H312 The other H802 woman H559 said, H2416 "No; but the living H1121 is my son, H4191 and the dead H1121 is your son." H559 This said, H4191 "No; but the dead H1121 is your son, H2416 and the living H1121 is my son." H1696 Thus they spoke H6440 before H4428 the king.

23 H4428 Then the king H559 said, H2063 "The one H559 says, H1121 ‘This is my son H2416 who lives, H1121 and your son H4191 is the dead;' H2063 and the other H559 says, H1121 ‘No; but your son H4191 is the dead H1121 one, and my son H2416 is the living one.'"

24 H4428 The king H559 said, H3947 "Get H2719 me a sword." H3947 They brought H2719 a sword H6440 before H4428 the king.

25 H4428 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 H802 Then the woman H2416 whose the living H1121 child H559 was spoke H4428 to 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 way H4191 kill H559 it!" But the other said, H1504 "It shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide it."

27 H4428 Then the king H6030 answered, H5414 "Give H2416 her the living H3205 child, H4191 and in no way H4191 kill H517 it. She is its mother."

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