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I Kings
Chapter 3
1
And Solomon made affinity
with
Pharaoh . . . king of Egypt,
and
took Pharaoh's daughter,
and
brought her into the city of David,
until
he had made an end of building his own house,
and
the house of Jehovah/God,
and
the wall of Jerusalem round about.
2
Only the people sacrificed in high places,
because
there was no house built
unto
the name of Jehovah/God,
until
those days.
3
And Solomon loved Jehovah/God,
Walking
in the statutes of David his father . . .
only
he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
4
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there;
for
that was the great high place . . .
a
thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
5
In Gibeon Jehovah/God appeared to Solomon
in
a dream by night
and
'Elohiym/Godhead said,
Ask
what I shall give you.
6
And Solomon said,
You
have showed unto Your servant David my father
great
mercy,
according
as he Walked before You in Doctrine/Truth,
and
in righteousness,
and
in uprightness of heart/'right lobe' with You;
and
You have kept for him this great kindness,
that
You have given him a son to sit on his throne,
as
it is this day. 7
And
now, O Jehovah/God
my
'Elohiym/Godhead,
You
have made Your servant king
in
place of David my father
and
I am but a little child . . .
I
know not how to go out or come in. 8
And
Your servant is in the midst of Your people
which
You have chosen,
a
great people,
who
cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9
Give
therefore Your servant
an
understanding heart/'right lobe'
{shama` leb - shama` means to "hear, listen, concentrate
learn and obey (apply to experience)" - Solomon is asking
God that he understand divine viewpoint as no one else
has understood it before}
to
judge Your people,
that
I may discern between good and bad . . .
for
who is able to judge this . . .
Your
so great a people?
10
And the speech pleased Lord/'Adonay ,
that
Solomon had asked this thing.
11
And 'Elohiym/Godhead said unto him,
Because
you have asked this thing,
and
have not asked for yourself long life;
neither
have asked riches for yourself,
nor
have asked the life of your enemies;
but
have asked for yourself
understanding
to discern judgment; 12
behold,
I have done according to your words . . .
lo,
I have given you a wise and an understanding heart;
so
that there was none like you before you,
neither
after you shall any arise like unto you. 13
And
I have also given you
that
which you have not asked,
both
riches, and honor . . .
so
that there shall not be any among the kings
like
unto you all your days.
14
And if you will Walk in My Ways,
to
keep My statutes and My commandments,
as
your father David did Walk,
then
I will lengthen your days.
15
And Solomon awoke;
and,
behold, it was a dream.
And
he came to Jerusalem,
and
stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah/God,
and
offered up burnt offerings,
and
offered peace offerings,
and
made a feast to all his servants.
16
Then came there two women,
who
were harlots,
unto
the king,
and
stood before him.
17
And the one woman said, O my lord,
I
and this woman dwell in one house;
and
I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
18
And it came to pass
the
third day after that I was delivered,
that
this woman was delivered also . . .
and
we were together;
there
was no stranger with us in the house,
save
we two in the house.
19
And this woman's child died in the night;
because
she overlaid it.
20
And she arose at midnight,
and
took my son from beside me,
while
your handmaid slept,
and
laid it in her bosom,
and
laid her dead child in my bosom.
21
And when I rose in the morning
to
give my child suck, behold, it was dead . . .
but
when I had considered it in the morning,
behold,
it was not my son,
which
I did bear.
22
And the other woman said, No;
but
the living is my son,
and
the dead is your son.
And
this said, No; but the dead is your son,
and
the living is my son.
Thus
they spoke before the king.
23
Then said the king,
The
one says, This is my son who lives,
and
your son is the dead . . .
and
the other says, No;
but
your son is the dead,
and
my son is the living.
24
And the king said,
Bring
me a sword.
And
they brought a sword before the king.
25
And the king said,
Divide
the living child in two,
and
give half to the one,
and
half to the other.
26
Then spoke the woman
whose
the living child was
unto
the king,
for
her emotions/bowels
yearned
for her son, and she said,
O
my lord, give her the living child,
and
in no way slay it.
But
the other said,
Let
it be neither mine nor yours, but divide it.
{Note:
The one mother is envious that the other mother's child still lived.
In her mental attitude sin, she would rather see both children dead.}
27
Then the king answered and said,
Give
her the living child,
and
in no way slay it . . .
she
is the mother thereof.
28
And all Israel heard of the judgment
which
the king had judged
and
they respected/feared/'were in awe of' the king . . .
for
they saw that the wisdom of 'Elohiym/Godhead
was
in him . . . to do judgment.
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