1 Kings 3
Solomon Marries
Pharaoh's Daughter |
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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 LORD, and the wall of
Jerusalem round about.
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Only the people sacrificed in high
places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
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Solomon's Prayer for
Wisdom |
2 Chr. 1.1-13 |
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And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father:
only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
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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.
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In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I
shall give thee.
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And Solomon said, Thou hast showed 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.
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And 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.
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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.
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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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And the speech pleased the Lord, that
Solomon had asked this thing.
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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;
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behold, I have done according to thy
word: 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.
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And I have also given thee that which
thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not
be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
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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.
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And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it
was 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.
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Solomon's Wisdom and
Prosperity |
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Then came there two women, that
were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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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.
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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.
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And this woman's child died in the night;
because she overlaid it.
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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.
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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.
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And the other woman said, Nay; but the
living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this
said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
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Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and
the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
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And the king said, Bring me a sword. And
they brought a sword before the king.
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And the king said, Divide the living
child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the
other.
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Then spake the woman whose the living
child was 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, but divide it.
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Then the king answered and said, Give her
the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother
thereof.
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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 was in him to do
judgment.
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