1 Kings 3:4-15

4And 1the king went to 2Gibeon to sacrifice there, 3because that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 54In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon 5in a dream at night; and God said, “6Ask what you wish Me to give you.” 6Then Solomon said, “7You have shown great faithfulness to Your servant David my father, 8according as he walked before You in 9truth, righteousness, and uprightness of heart toward You; and 10You have 11reserved for him this great faithfulness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7And now, Lord my God, 12You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet 13I am like a little boy; 14I do not know how to 15go out or come in. 8And 16Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, 17a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. 9So 18give Your servant 19an understanding heart to judge Your people, 20to discern between good and evil. For who is capable of judging this 21great people of Yours?”

10Now 22it was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. 11And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have 23not asked for yourself 24a 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, 12behold, 25I have done according to your words. Behold, 26I 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. 1327I have also given you what you have not asked, both 28riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days. 14And 29if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will 30prolong your days.”

15Then 31Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and 32held a feast for all his servants.