1 Kings 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Solomon’s Marriage and Sacrifices

(2Ch 1:2–13 )

Then Solomon^H8010 [fn]formed^H2859 a^H2859 marriage^H2859 alliance^H2859 with Pharaoh^H6547 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714, and took^H3947 Pharaoh’s^H6547 daughter^H1323 and brought^H935 her to the city^H5892 of David^H1732 until^H5704 he had completed^H3615 building^H1129 his own house^H1004 and the house^H1004 of Yahweh^H3068 and the wall^H2346 around^H5439 Jerusalem^H3389.

1Ki 3:2

1Ki 3:2The people were still sacrificing on the high places because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.

1Ki 3:3

And Solomon^H8010 loved^H157 Yahweh^H3068, walking^H1980 in the statutes^H2708 of his father^H1 David^H1732, except^H7534 he sacrificed^H2076 and burned^H6999 incense^H6999 on the high^H1116 places^H1116.

1Ki 3:4

1Ki 3:4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered one thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

1Ki 3:5

1Ki 3:5In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “Ask what I should give to you.”

God Gives Wisdom to Solomon

1Ki 3:6

1Ki 3:6Then Solomon said, “You have shown great lovingkindness to Your slave David my father, according to how he walked before You in [fn]truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have kept for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

1Ki 3:7

1Ki 3:7“So now, O Yahweh my God, You have made Your slave king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

1Ki 3:8

1Ki 3:8“And Your slave is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a numerous people who are too many to be numbered or counted.

1Ki 3:9

1Ki 3:9“So give Your slave a listening heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to [fn]judge this glorious people of Yours?”

1Ki 3:10

[fn]And it was pleasing^H3190 in the sight^H5869 of the Lord^H136 that Solomon^H8010 had asked^H7592 this^H2088 thing^H1697.

1Ki 3:11

1Ki 3:11And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself [fn]long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to listen to justice,

1Ki 3:12

1Ki 3:12behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.

1Ki 3:13

1Ki 3:13“I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.

1Ki 3:14

1Ki 3:14“Now if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.”

1Ki 3:15

Then Solomon^H8010 awoke^H3364, and behold^H2009, 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^H136, and offered^H5927 burnt^H5930 offerings^H5930 and made^H6213 peace^H8002 offerings^H8002, and made^H6213 a feast^H4960 for all^H3605 his servants^H5650.

Solomon Wisely Judges

1Ki 3:16

Then^H227 two^H8147 women^H802 who were harlots^H2181 came^H935 to the king^H4428 and stood^H5975 before^H6440 him.

1Ki 3:17

1Ki 3:17And the one woman said, “Oh, my lord, [fn]this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.

1Ki 3:18

1Ki 3:18“And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

1Ki 3:19

1Ki 3:19“And this woman’s son died in the night because she lay on him.

1Ki 3:20

1Ki 3:20“So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

1Ki 3:21

1Ki 3:21“When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne.”

1Ki 3:22

1Ki 3:22Then the other woman said, “No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” But [fn]the first woman said, “No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.

1Ki 3:23

Then the king^H4428 said^H559, “[fn]The one^H2088 says^H559, ‘This^H2088 is my son^H1121 who is living^H2416, and your son^H1121 is the dead^H4191 one’; and [fn]the other^H2088 says^H559, ‘No^H3808! For your son^H1121 is the dead^H4191 one, and my son^H1121 is the living^H2416 one^H2416.’”

1Ki 3:24

1Ki 3:24And the king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.

1Ki 3:25

1Ki 3:25Then the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”

1Ki 3:26

1Ki 3:26Then the woman whose son was the living one spoke to the king, for [fn]she was deeply stirred with compassion over her son and said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!”

1Ki 3:27

1Ki 3:27Then the king said, “Give [fn]the first woman the living child, and by no means put him to death. She is his mother.”

1Ki 3:28

1Ki 3:28Then all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had [fn]handed down, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.