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1. And Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh the king of Egypt. And he took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David, until he finished building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
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1. And Solomon H8010 made affinity H2859 with H854 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 , and took H3947 H853 Pharaoh H6547 's daughter H1323 , and brought H935 her into H413 the city H5892 of David H1732 , until H5704 he had made an end H3615 of building H1129 H853 his own house H1004 , and the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 round about H5439 .
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2. Only, the people were sacrificing in high places, for a house for the name of Jehovah had not been built until those days.
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2. Only H7535 the people H5971 sacrificed H2076 in high places H1116 , because H3588 there was no H3808 house H1004 built H1129 unto the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , until H5704 those H1992 days H3117 .
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3. And Solomon loved Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of his father David. Only, he was sacrificing in high places and burning incense.
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3. And Solomon H8010 loved H157 H853 the LORD H3068 , walking H1980 in the statutes H2708 of David H1732 his father H1 : only H7535 he H1931 sacrificed H2076 and burnt incense H6999 in high places H1116 .
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4. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
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4. And the king H4428 went H1980 to Gibeon H1391 to sacrifice H2076 there H8033 ; for H3588 that H1931 was the great H1419 high place H1116 : a thousand H505 burnt offerings H5930 did Solomon H8010 offer H5927 upon H5921 that H1931 altar H4196 .
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5. Jehovah appeared to Solomon in Gibeon in a dream of the night. And God said, Ask. What shall I give to you?
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5. In Gibeon H1391 the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to H413 Solomon H8010 in a dream H2472 by night H3915 : and God H430 said H559 , Ask H7592 what H4100 I shall give H5414 thee.
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6. And Solomon said, You have done great kindness to Your servant, my father David, as he walked before You in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with You. And You have kept for him this great kindness, and have given to him a son sitting on his throne, as today.
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6. And Solomon H8010 said H559 , Thou H859 hast showed H6213 unto H5973 thy servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1 great H1419 mercy H2617 , according as H834 he walked H1980 before H6440 thee in truth H571 , and in righteousness H6666 , and in uprightness H3483 of heart H3824 with H5973 thee ; and thou hast kept H8104 for him H853 this H2088 great H1419 kindness H2617 , that thou hast given H5414 him a son H1121 to sit H3427 on H5921 his throne H3678 , as it is this H2088 day H3117 .
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7. And now, O Jehovah my God, You have caused Your servant to reign instead of my father David. And I am a little man-child; I do not know to go out and to come in.
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7. And now H6258 , O LORD H3068 my God H430 , thou H859 hast made H853 thy servant H5650 king H4427 instead H8478 of David H1732 my father H1 : and I H595 am but a little H6996 child H5288 : I know H3045 not H3808 how to go out H3318 or come in H935 .
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8. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a numerous people that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.
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8. And thy servant H5650 is in the midst H8432 of thy people H5971 which H834 thou hast chosen H977 , a great H7227 people H5971 , that H834 cannot H3808 be numbered H4487 nor H3808 counted H5608 for multitude H4480 H7230 .
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9. Also give to Your servant an understanding heart, to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this, Your great people?
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9. Give H5414 therefore thy servant H5650 an understanding H8085 heart H3820 to judge H8199 H853 thy people H5971 , that I may discern H995 between H996 good H2896 and bad H7451 : for H3588 who H4310 is able H3201 to judge H8199 this H2088 thy so great H3515 H853 a people H5971 ?
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10. And the word was good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
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10. And the speech H1697 pleased H3190 H5869 the Lord H136 , that H3588 Solomon H8010 had asked H7592 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 .
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11. And God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself many days, nor asked riches for yourself, nor asked the life of your enemies, and have asked for discernment for yourself, to understand judgment,
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11. And God H430 said H559 unto H413 him, Because H3282 H834 thou hast asked H7592 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 , and hast not H3808 asked H7592 for thyself long H7227 life H3117 ; neither H3808 hast asked H7592 riches H6239 for thyself, nor H3808 hast asked H7592 the life H5315 of thine enemies H341 ; but hast asked H7592 for thyself understanding H995 to discern H8085 judgment H4941 ;
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12. behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given to you a wise and understanding heart, so that there was none like you before you, and after you none shall rise up like you.
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12. Behold H2009 , I have done H6213 according to thy words H1697 : lo H2009 , I have given H5414 thee a wise H2450 and an understanding H995 heart H3820 ; so that H834 there was H1961 none H3808 like thee H3644 before H6440 thee, neither H3808 after H310 thee shall any arise H6965 like unto thee H3644 .
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13. And also, I have given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, that there shall not be a man like you among the kings all your days.
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13. And I have also H1571 given H5414 thee that which H834 thou hast not H3808 asked H7592 , both H1571 riches H6239 , and H1571 honor H3519 : so that H834 there shall not H3808 be H1961 any H376 among the kings H4428 like unto thee H3644 all H3605 thy days H3117 .
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14. And if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commands, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.
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14. And if H518 thou wilt walk H1980 in my ways H1870 , to keep H8104 my statutes H2706 and my commandments H4687 , as H834 thy father H1 David H1732 did walk H1980 , then I will lengthen H748 H853 thy days H3117 .
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15. And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream! And he came into Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings, and made peace offerings. And he made a banquet for all his servants.
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15. And Solomon H8010 awoke H3364 ; and, behold H2009 , it was a dream H2472 . And he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 , and stood H5975 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H136 , and offered up H5927 burnt offerings H5930 , and offered H6213 peace offerings H8002 , and made H6213 a feast H4960 to all H3605 his servants H5650 .
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16. Then two women, harlots, came in to the king and stood before him.
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16. Then H227 came H935 there two H8147 women H802 , that were harlots H2181 , unto H413 the king H4428 , and stood H5975 before H6440 him.
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17. And the one woman said, O my lord, this woman and I were living in one house. And I gave birth, with her in the house.
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17. And the one H259 woman H802 said H559 , O H994 my lord H113 , I H589 and this H2063 woman H802 dwell H3427 in one H259 house H1004 ; and I was delivered of a child H3205 with H5973 her in the house H1004 .
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18. And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no stranger was with us in the house, only we two in the house.
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18. And it came to pass H1961 the third H7992 day H3117 after that I was delivered H3205 , that this H2063 woman H802 was delivered H3205 also H1571 : and we H587 were together H3162 ; there was no H369 stranger H2114 with H854 us in the house H1004 , save H2108 we H587 two H8147 in the house H1004 .
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19. And the son of this woman died at night, because she laid on it.
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19. And this H2063 woman H802 's child H1121 died H4191 in the night H3915 ; because H834 she overlaid H7901 H5921 it.
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20. And she rose up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me and laid it in her bosom; and your handmaid was asleep. And she laid her dead son in my bosom.
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20. And she arose H6965 at midnight H8432 H3915 , and took H3947 H853 my son H1121 from beside H4480 H681 me , while thine handmaid H519 slept H3463 , and laid H7901 it in her bosom H2436 , and laid H7901 her dead H4191 child H1121 in my bosom H2436 .
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21. And I rose up in the morning to suckle my son; and behold! It was dead. And I looked at it in the morning; and, behold, it was not my son whom I had borne.
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21. And when I rose H6965 in the morning H1242 to give my child suck H3242 H853 H1121 , behold H2009 , it was dead H4191 : but when I had considered H995 H413 it in the morning H1242 , behold H2009 , it was H1961 not H3808 my son H1121 , which H834 I did bear H3205 .
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22. And the other woman said, No, but my son is the living, and your son the dead. And this one said, No, but your son is dead, and my son the living. And they spoke before the king.
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22. And the other H312 woman H802 said H559 , Nay H3808 ; but H3588 the living H2416 is my son H1121 , and the dead H4191 is thy son H1121 . And this H2063 said H559 , No H3808 ; but H3588 the dead H4191 is thy son H1121 , and the living H2416 is my son H1121 . Thus they spoke H1696 before H6440 the king H4428 .
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23. And the king said, This one says, This is my son, the living one, and your son the dead. And that one says, No, but your son is the dead, and my son the living.
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23. Then said H559 the king H4428 , The one H2063 saith H559 , This H2088 is my son H1121 that liveth H2416 , and thy son H1121 is the dead H4191 : and the other H2063 saith H559 , Nay H3808 ; but H3588 thy son H1121 is the dead H4191 , and my son H1121 is the living H2416 .
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24. And the king said, Bring a sword to me. And they brought the sword before the king.
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24. And the king H4428 said H559 , Bring H3947 me a sword H2719 . And they brought H935 a sword H2719 before H6440 the king H4428 .
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25. And the king said, Divide the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.
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25. And the king H4428 said H559 , Divide H1504 H853 the living H2416 child H3206 in two H8147 , and give H5414 H853 half H2677 to the one H259 , and half H2677 to the other H259 .
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26. And the woman whose son was the living one said to the king (for her womb yearned over her son) yea, she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not at all put it to death. And this one said, Let it be neither yours or mine, divide it.
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26. Then spoke H559 the woman H802 whose H834 the living H2416 child H1121 was unto H413 the king H4428 , for H3588 her bowels H7356 yearned H3648 upon H5921 her son H1121 , and she said H559 , O H994 my lord H113 , give H5414 her H853 the living H2416 child H3205 , and in no H408 wise slay H4191 H4191 it . But the other H2063 said H559 , Let it be H1961 neither H1571 H3808 mine nor H1571 thine, but divide H1504 it .
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27. And the king answered and said, Give to her the living child, and do not put it to death at all; she is its mother.
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27. Then the king H4428 answered H6030 and said H559 , Give H5414 her H853 the living H2416 child H3205 , and in no H3808 wise slay H4191 H4191 it: she H1931 is the mother H517 thereof.
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28. And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had judged, and feared from the face of the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
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28. And all H3605 Israel H3478 heard H8085 of H853 the judgment H4941 which H834 the king H4428 had judged H8199 ; and they feared H3372 H4480 H6440 the king H4428 : for H3588 they saw H7200 that H3588 the wisdom H2451 of God H430 was in him H7130 , to do H6213 judgment H4941 .
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