1 Kings 3:5-9

5At Gibeon Adonai appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said: “Ask for what should I give you?”

6Solomon said: “You have shown my father Your servant David great lovingkindness, as he walked before You in truth, righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You. Indeed, You have kept this great lovingkindness for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

7So now, Adonai my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. I am but a youth. I don’t know how to go out or come in.

8Your servant is amid Your people, whom You have chosen—a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.

9So give Your servant a mind of understanding to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil—for who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”