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And Solomon[H8010] made affinity[H2859] with Pharaoh[H6547]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], and took[H3947]Pharaoh[H6547]'s daughter[H1323], and brought[H935] her into the city[H5892] of David[H1732], until he had made an end[H3615] of building[H1129] his own house[H1004], and the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and the wall[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] round about[H5439].
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Only the people[H5971]sacrificed[H2076] in high places[H1116], because there was no house[H1004]built[H1129] unto the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068], until those days[H3117].
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And Solomon[H8010]loved[H157] the LORD[H3068], walking[H3212] in the statutes[H2708] of David[H1732] his father[H1]: only he sacrificed[H2076] and burnt incense[H6999] in high places[H1116].
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And the king[H4428]went[H3212] to Gibeon[H1391] to sacrifice[H2076] there; for that[H1931] was the great[H1419] high place[H1116]: a thousand[H505] burnt offerings[H5930] did Solomon[H8010]offer[H5927] upon that[H1931]altar[H4196].
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In Gibeon[H1391] the LORD[H3068]appeared[H7200] to Solomon[H8010] in a dream[H2472] by night[H3915]: and God[H430]said[H559], Ask[H7592] what I shall give[H5414] thee.
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And Solomon[H8010]said[H559], Thou hast shewed[H6213] unto thy servant[H5650]David[H1732] my father[H1]great[H1419]mercy[H2617], according as he walked[H1980]before[H6440] thee in truth[H571], and in righteousness[H6666], and in uprightness[H3483] of heart[H3824] with thee; and thou hast kept[H8104] for him this great[H1419]kindness[H2617], that thou hast given[H5414] him a son[H1121] to sit[H3427] on his throne[H3678], as it is this day[H3117].
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And now, O LORD[H3068] my God[H430], thou hast made thy servant[H5650]king[H4427] instead of David[H1732] my father[H1]: and I am but a little[H6996]child[H5288]: I know[H3045] not how to go out[H3318] or come in[H935].
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And thy servant[H5650] is in the midst[H8432] of thy people[H5971] which thou hast chosen[H977], a great[H7227]people[H5971], that cannot be numbered[H4487] nor counted[H5608] for multitude[H7230].
9Give[H5414] therefore thy servant[H5650] an understanding[H8085]heart[H3820] to judge[H8199] thy people[H5971], that I may discern[H995] between good[H2896] and bad[H7451]: for who is able[H3201] to judge[H8199] this thy so great[H3515] a people?[H5971]
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And the speech[H1697]pleased[H3190] the Lord[H136], that Solomon[H8010] had asked[H7592] this thing[H1697].
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And God[H430]said[H559] unto him, Because thou hast asked[H7592] this thing[H1697], and hast not asked[H7592] for thyself long[H7227]life[H3117]; neither hast asked[H7592]riches[H6239] for thyself, nor hast asked[H7592] the life[H5315] of thine enemies[H341]; but hast asked[H7592] for thyself understanding[H995] to discern[H8085]judgment[H4941];
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Behold, I have done[H6213] according to thy words[H1697]: lo, I have given[H5414] thee a wise[H2450] and an understanding[H995]heart[H3820]; so that there was none like thee before[H6440] thee, neither after[H310] thee shall any arise[H6965] like unto thee.
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And I have also given[H5414] thee that which thou hast not asked[H7592], both riches[H6239], and honour[H3519]: so that there shall not be any[H376] among the kings[H4428] like unto thee all thy days[H3117].
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And if thou wilt walk[H3212] in my ways[H1870], to keep[H8104] my statutes[H2706] and my commandments[H4687], as thy father[H1]David[H1732] did walk[H1980], then I will lengthen[H748] thy days[H3117].
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And Solomon[H8010]awoke[H3364]; and, behold, it was a dream[H2472]. And he came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], and stood[H5975]before[H6440] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068], and offered[H6213]up[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930], and offered[H6213] peace offerings[H8002], and made[H6213] a feast[H4960] to all his servants[H5650].
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Then came[H935] there two[H8147]women[H802], that were harlots[H2181], unto the king[H4428], and stood[H5975]before[H6440] him.
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And the one[H259]woman[H802]said[H559], O[H994] my lord[H113], I and this woman[H802]dwell[H3427] in one[H259]house[H1004]; and I was delivered of a child[H3205] with her in the house[H1004].
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And it came to pass the third[H7992]day[H3117] after that I was delivered[H3205], that this woman[H802] was delivered[H3205] also: and we were together[H3162]; there was no stranger[H2114] with us in the house[H1004], save[H2108] we two[H8147] in the house[H1004].
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And this woman's child[H1121]died[H4191] in the night[H3915]; because she overlaid[H7901] it.
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And she arose[H6965] at midnight[H8432], and took[H3947] my son[H1121] from beside[H681] me, while thine handmaid[H519]slept[H3463], and laid[H7901] it in her bosom[H2436], and laid[H7901] her dead[H4191]child[H1121] in my bosom[H2436].
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And when I rose[H6965] in the morning[H1242] to give my child[H1121]suck[H3243], behold, it was dead[H4191]: but when I had considered[H995] it in the morning[H1242], behold, it was not my son[H1121], which I did bear[H3205].
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And the other[H312]woman[H802]said[H559], Nay; but the living[H2416] is my son[H1121], and the dead[H4191] is thy son[H1121]. And this said[H559], No; but the dead[H4191] is thy son[H1121], and the living[H2416] is my son[H1121]. Thus they spake[H1696]before[H6440] the king[H4428].
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Then said[H559] the king[H4428], The one[H2063]saith[H559], This is my son[H1121] that liveth[H2416], and thy son[H1121] is the dead[H4191]: and the other[H2063]saith[H559], Nay; but thy son[H1121] is the dead[H4191], and my son[H1121] is the living[H2416].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559], Bring[H3947] me a sword[H2719]. And they brought[H935] a sword[H2719]before[H6440] the king[H4428].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559], Divide[H1504] the living[H2416]child[H3206] in two[H8147], and give[H5414]half[H2677] to the one[H259], and half[H2677] to the other[H259].
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Then spake[H559] the woman[H802] whose the living[H2416]child[H1121] was unto the king[H4428], for her bowels[H7356]yearned[H3648] upon her son[H1121], and she said[H559], O[H994] my lord[H113], give[H5414] her the living[H2416]child[H3205], and in no wise[H4191]slay[H4191] it. But the other said[H559], Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide[H1504] it.
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Then the king[H4428]answered[H6030] and said[H559], Give[H5414] her the living[H2416]child[H3205], and in no wise[H4191]slay[H4191] it: she is the mother[H517] thereof.
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And all Israel[H3478]heard[H8085] of the judgment[H4941] which the king[H4428] had judged[H8199]; and they feared[H3372] the king[H6440]: for they saw[H7200] that the wisdom[H2451] of God[H430] was in him[H7130], to do[H6213]judgment[H4941].