1 Kings 3:9-28

9GiveH5414 thy servantH5650 therefore an understandingH995 heartH3820 to judgeH8199 thy peopleH5971, that I may discernH995 between goodH2896 and evilH7451; for who is ableH3201 to judgeH8199 this thy great peopleH5971?

10And the speech pleased the LordH136, that SolomonH8010 had askedH7592 this thingH1697. 11And GodH430 saidH559 unto him, Because thou hast askedH7592 this thingH1697, and hast not askedH7592 for thyself long lifeH5315, neither hast askedH7592 richesH6239 for thyself, nor hast askedH7592 the lifeH5315 of thine enemiesH341, but hast askedH7592 for thyself understandingH995 to discernH995 justiceH4941; 12behold, I have done according to thy wordH1697: lo, I have givenH5414 thee a wiseH2450 and an understandingH995 heartH3820; so that there hath beenH1961 none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any ariseH6965 like unto thee. 13And I have alsoH1571 givenH5414 thee that which thou hast not askedH7592, both richesH6239 and honorH3519, so that there shall not beH1961 any among the kingsH4428 like unto thee, all thy daysH3117. 14And if thou wilt walkH1980 in my waysH1870, to keepH8104 my statutesH2706 and my commandmentsH4687, as thy fatherH1 DavidH1732 did walkH1980, then I will lengthen thy daysH3117. 15And SolomonH8010 awokeH3364; and, behold, it was a dreamH2472: and he cameH935 to JerusalemH3389, and stoodH5975 before the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of Jehovah, and offeredH5927 up burnt-offerings, and offeredH5927 peace-offerings, and madeH6213 a feastH4960 to all his servantsH5650.

16ThenH227 there cameH935 twoH8147 womenH802 that were harlots, unto the kingH4428, and stoodH5975 before him. 17And the oneH259 womanH802 saidH559, Oh, my lordH113, I and this womanH802 dwellH3427 in oneH259 houseH1004; and I was delivered of a childH3205 with her in the houseH1004. 18And it came to pass the thirdH7992 dayH3117 after I was delivered, that this womanH802 was delivered alsoH1571; and we wereH1961 togetherH3162; there was no stranger with us in the houseH1004, save we twoH8147 in the houseH1004. 19And this woman’sH802 child diedH4191 in the nightH3915, because she layH7901 upon it. 20And she aroseH6965 at midnight, and tookH3947 my sonH1121 from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laidH7901 it in her bosomH2436, and laidH7901 her deadH4191 child in my bosomH2436. 21And when I roseH6965 in the morningH1242 to giveH3205 my child suckH3243, behold, it wasH1961 deadH4191; but when I had looked at it in the morningH1242, behold, it wasH1961 not my sonH1121, whom I did bearH3205. 22And the otherH312 womanH802 saidH559, Nay; but the living is my sonH1121, and the deadH4191 is thy sonH1121. And this saidH559, No; but the deadH4191 is thy sonH1121, and the living is my sonH1121. Thus they spake before the kingH4428.

23Then saidH559 the kingH4428, The oneH2088 saith, This is my sonH1121 that liveth, and thy sonH1121 is the deadH4191: and the other saith, Nay; but thy sonH1121 is the deadH4191, and my sonH1121 is the living. 24And the kingH4428 saidH559, Fetch me a swordH2719. And they broughtH935 a swordH2719 before the kingH4428. 25And the kingH4428 saidH559, Divide the living childH3206 in twoH8147, and giveH5414 halfH2677 to the oneH259, and halfH2677 to the other. 26Then spake the womanH802 whose the living child wasH1961 unto the kingH4428, for her heart yearned over her sonH1121, and she saidH559, Oh, my lordH113, giveH5414 her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other saidH559, It shall beH1961 neither mine nor thine; divide it. 27Then the kingH4428 answered and saidH559, GiveH5414 her the living childH3205, and in no wise slay it: she is the motherH517 thereof. 28And all IsraelH3478 heardH8085 of the judgmentH4941 which the kingH4428 had judgedH8199; and they fearedH3372 the kingH4428: for they sawH7200 that the wisdomH2451 of GodH430 was in him, to do justiceH4941.