1 Kings 3
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1 Kings 3:8-14

8And 1Your servantH5650 is in the midstH8432 of Your peopleH5971 whomH834 You have chosenH977, 2a greatH7227 peopleH5971 whoH834 are tooH4480 manyH7230 to be numberedH4487 or countedH5608. 9So 3giveH5414 Your servantH5650 4an understandingH8085 heartH3820 to judgeH8199 Your peopleH5971, 5to discernH995 betweenH996 goodH2896 and evilH7451. For whoH4310 isH3201 capableH3201 of judgingH8199 thisH2088 6greatH3515 peopleH5971 of Yours?”

10Now 7it was pleasingH3190 in the sightH5869 of the LordH136 that SolomonH8010 had askedH7592 thisH2088 thingH1697. 11And GodH430 saidH559 to him, “BecauseH3282H834 you have askedH7592 thisH2088 thingH1697, and have 8not askedH7592 for yourself 9a longH7227 lifeH3117, norH3808 have askedH7592 richesH6239 for yourself, norH3808 have you askedH7592 for the livesH5315 of your enemiesH340, but have askedH7592 for yourself discernmentH995 to understandH8085 justiceH4941, 12beholdH2009, 10I have doneH6213 according to your wordsH1697. BeholdH2009, 11I have givenH5414 you a wiseH2450 and discerningH995 heartH3820, soH834 thatH834 there has beenH1961 noH3808 one likeH3644 you beforeH6440 you, norH3808 shall one likeH3644 you ariseH6965 afterH310 you. 1312I have alsoH1571 givenH5414 you whatH834 you have not askedH7592, bothH1571 13richesH6239 and honorH3519, soH834 thatH834 there will not be anyH376 among the kingsH4428 likeH3644 you allH3605 your daysH3117. 14And 14ifH518 you walkH1980 in My waysH1870, keepingH8104 My statutesH2706 and commandmentsH4687, as your fatherH1 DavidH1732 walkedH1980, then I will 15prolongH748 your daysH3117.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 3:8 Ex 19:6; Deut 7:6 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 3:8 Gen 15:5; 22:17 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 3:9 2 Chr 1:10; Ps 72:1, 2; Prov 2:3-9; James 1:5 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 3:9 Or a heart that listens ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 3:9 2 Sam 14:17; Heb 5:14 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 3:9 Lit heavy ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 3:10 Lit the thing was ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 3:11 James 4:3 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 3:11 Lit many days ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 3:12 1 John 5:14, 15 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 3:12 1 Kin 4:29-31; 5:12; 10:23, 24; Eccl 1:16 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 3:13 1 Kin 4:21-24; 10:23, 27; Matt 6:33; Eph 3:20 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 3:13 Prov 3:16 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 3:14 1 Kin 3:6 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Kings 3:14 Ps 91:16; Prov 3:2 ↩

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