{"id":855,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/?p=855"},"modified":"2020-03-07T20:52:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T01:52:20","slug":"1ki03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki03\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Kings 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 3<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh\u2019s 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 LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">it is<\/span> this day.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I <span class=\"add\">am but<\/span> a little child: I know not <span class=\"add\">how<\/span> to go out or come in.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And thy servant <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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;  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Solomon awoke; and, behold, <span class=\"add\">it was<\/span> a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then came there two women, <span class=\"add\">that were<\/span> harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> together; <span class=\"add\">there was<\/span> no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And this woman\u2019s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the other woman said, Nay; but the living <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my son, and the dead <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> thy son. And this said, No; but the dead <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> thy son, and the living <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my son. Thus they spake before the king.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then said the king, The one saith, This <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my son that liveth, and thy son <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the dead, and my son <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the living.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then spake the woman whose the living child <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, <span class=\"add\">but<\/span> divide <span class=\"add\">it. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the mother thereof.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> in him, to do judgment. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>1 Kings Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 1\u00a0And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh\u2019s 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 LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2\u00a0Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 3\u00a0And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4\u00a0And 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\u00a0In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6\u00a0And 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\u00a0And now, O LORD 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\u00a0And 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\u00a0Give 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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