1 Kings 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Solomon’s Rule Consolidated

(2Ch 1:2–13 )

Now 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 finished^H3615 building^H1129 his own house^H1004 and the house^H1004 of the LORD^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 the LORD until those days.

1Ki 3:3

Now Solomon^H8010 loved^H157 the LORD^H3068, walking^H1980 in the statutes^H2708 of his father^H1 David^H1732, except^H7534 that he was sacrificing^H2076 and burning^H6999 incense^H6999 on the high^H1116 places^H1116.

1Ki 3:4

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

1Ki 3:5

1Ki 3:5In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “Ask what you wish Me to give you.”

Solomon’s Prayer

1Ki 3:6

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

1Ki 3:7

1Ki 3:7“And now, LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am like a little boy; I do not know how to [fn]go out or come in.

1Ki 3:8

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

1Ki 3:9

1Ki 3:9“So give Your servant [fn]an understanding heart to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil. For who is capable of judging this [fn]great people of Yours?”

God’s Answer

1Ki 3:10

Now [fn]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]a long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand 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“And 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 held^H6213 a feast^H4960 for all^H3605 his servants^H5650.

Solomon Wisely Judges

1Ki 3:16

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

1Ki 3:17

1Ki 3:17The one woman said, “Pardon me, my lord: [fn]this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child [fn]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“Then this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.

1Ki 3:20

1Ki 3:20“So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your servant was asleep, and she laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.

1Ki 3:21

1Ki 3:21“When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead! But when I examined him closely 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.” So 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 3:25And the king said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”

1Ki 3:26

1Ki 3:26But the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for [fn]she was deeply stirred over her son, and she said, “Pardon me, my lord! Give her the living child, and by no means kill him!” But the other woman was saying, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; cut him!”

1Ki 3:27

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

1Ki 3:28

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

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NASB20 Footnotes

(3:1)

Lit made himself a son-in-law of Pharaoh

(3:6)

Or faithfulness

(3:6)

Lit kept

(3:7)

I.e., conduct daily business

(3:9)

Or a heart that listens

Lit heavy

Lit the thing was

Lit many days

Lit I and this woman

(3:17)

Lit with her in

(3:22)

Lit this one was saying

(3:23)

Lit this one

(3:23)

Lit this one

(3:26)

Lit her compassion grew hot

(3:27)

Lit her the living

(3:28)

Lit judged

(3:28)

Lit do

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