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1 Kings 3 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2 - Nevertheless the people burnt incense on the high places, because a house had not yet been built to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 - And Solomon loved the Lord, so as to walk in the ordinances of David his father; only he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - And he arose and went to Gabaon to sacrifice there, for that was the highest place, and great: Solomon offered a whole-burnt-offering of a thousand victims on the altar in Gabaon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:5 - And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and the Lord said to Solomon, Ask some petition for thyself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - And Solomon said, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with thy servant David my father 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 mercy, to [fn]set his son upon his throne, [fn]as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - And now, O Lord my God, thou hast [fn]appointed thy servant in the room of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out and my coming in.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:8 - But thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which [fn]cannot be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy [fn]great people?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:10 - And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11 - And the Lord said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing of me, and hast not asked for thyself [fn]long life, and hast not asked wealth, nor hast asked the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to hear judgment;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:12 - behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee an understanding and wise heart: there has not been any one like thee before thee, and after thee there shall not arise one like thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:13 - And I have given thee what thou hast not asked, wealth and glory, so that there has not been any one like thee among kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and [fn]came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16 - Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - And the one woman said, Hear me, my lord; I and this woman dwelt in one house, and we were delivered in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:18 - And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered: and we were together; and there [fn]was no one with us besides our two selves in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:19 - And this woman's child died in the night; because she [fn]overlaid it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - And she arose in the middle of the night, [fn]and took my son from my arms, and laid him in her bosom, and [fn]laid her dead son in my bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - And I arose in the morning to suckle my son, and he was dead: and, behold, I considered him in the morning, and, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:22 - And the other woman said, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. So they spoke before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:23 - And the king said to them, Thou sayest, This is my son, even the living one, and this woman's son is the dead one: and thou sayest, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:24 - And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:25 - And the king said, Divide the live child, the suckling, in two; and give half of it to one, and half of it to the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for her [fn]bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:27 - Then the king answered and said, Give the child to her that said, ‘Give it to her, and by no means slay it:’ she is its mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28 - And all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute judgment.
BES Footnotes
Gr. give.
Gr. as this day is.
Gr. given.
Gr. shall or will not.
Gr. heavy.
Gr. many days.
Gr. comes.
Gr. is.
Gr. slept upon it.
Heb. and Alex. + 'while thine handmaid slept.'
Gr. caused to sleep.
Gr. her womb was troubled.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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