Dual Panel1And Solomon <08010> made affinity <02859> (8691) with Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>_, and took <03947> (8799) Pharaoh's <06547> daughter <01323>_, and brought <0935> (8686) her into the city <05892> of David <01732>_, until he had made an end <03615> (8763) of building <01129> (8800) his own house <01004>_, and the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, and the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> round about <05439>_.
2Only the people <05971> sacrificed <02076> (8764) in high places <01116>_, because there was no house <01004> built <01129> (8738) unto the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>_, until those days <03117>_.
3And Solomon <08010> loved <0157> (8799) the LORD <03068>_, walking <03212> (8800) in the statutes <02708> of David <01732> his father <01>_: only he sacrificed <02076> (8764) and burnt incense <06999> (8688) in high places <01116>_.
4And the king <04428> went <03212> (8799) to Gibeon <01391> to sacrifice <02076> (8800) there; for that <01931> [was] the great <01419> high place <01116>_: a thousand <0505> burnt offerings <05930> did Solomon <08010> offer <05927> (8686) upon that altar <04196>_.
5In Gibeon <01391> the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> (8738) to Solomon <08010> in a dream <02472> by night <03915>_: and God <0430> said <0559> (8799)_, Ask <07592> (8798) what I shall give <05414> (8799) thee.
6And Solomon <08010> said <0559> (8799)_, Thou hast shewed <06213> (8804) unto thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <01> great <01419> mercy <02617>_, according as he walked <01980> (8804) before <06440> thee in truth <0571>_, and in righteousness <06666>_, and in uprightness <03483> of heart <03824> with thee; and thou hast kept <08104> (8799) for him this great <01419> kindness <02617>_, that thou hast given <05414> (8799) him a son <01121> to sit <03427> (8802) on his throne <03678>_, as [it is] this day <03117>_. {mercy: or, bounty}
7And now, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>_, thou hast made thy servant <05650> king <04427> (8689) instead of David <01732> my father <01>_: and I [am but] a little <06996> child <05288>_: I know <03045> (8799) not [how] to go out <03318> (8800) or come in <0935> (8800)_.
8And thy servant <05650> [is] in the midst <08432> of thy people <05971> which thou hast chosen <0977> (8804)_, a great <07227> people <05971>_, that cannot be numbered <04487> (8735) nor counted <05608> (8735) for multitude <07230>_.
9Give <05414> (8804) therefore thy servant <05650> an understanding <08085> (8802) heart <03820> to judge <08199> (8800) thy people <05971>_, that I may discern <0995> (8687) between good <02896> and bad <07451>_: for who is able <03201> (8799) to judge <08199> (8800) this thy so great <03515> a people <05971>_? {understanding: Heb. hearing}
10And the speech <01697> pleased <03190> (8799) <05869> the Lord <0136>_, that Solomon <08010> had asked <07592> (8804) this thing <01697>_.
11And God <0430> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Because thou hast asked <07592> (8804) this thing <01697>_, and hast not asked <07592> (8804) for thyself long <07227> life <03117>_; neither hast asked <07592> (8804) riches <06239> for thyself, nor hast asked <07592> (8804) the life <05315> of thine enemies <0341> (8802)_; but hast asked <07592> (8804) for thyself understanding <0995> (8687) to discern <08085> (8800) judgment <04941>_; {long life: Heb. many days} {discern: Heb. hear}
12Behold, I have done <06213> (8804) according to thy words <01697>_: lo, I have given <05414> (8804) thee a wise <02450> and an understanding <0995> (8737) heart <03820>_; so that there was none like thee before <06440> thee, neither after <0310> thee shall any arise <06965> (8799) like unto thee.
13And I have also given <05414> (8804) thee that which thou hast not asked <07592> (8804)_, both riches <06239>_, and honour <03519>_: so that there shall not be any <0376> among the kings <04428> like unto thee all thy days <03117>_. {shall...: or, hath not been}
14And if thou wilt walk <03212> (8799) in my ways <01870>_, to keep <08104> (8800) my statutes <02706> and my commandments <04687>_, as thy father <01> David <01732> did walk <01980> (8804)_, then I will lengthen <0748> (8689) thy days <03117>_.
15And Solomon <08010> awoke <03364> (8799)_; and, behold, [it was] a dream <02472>_. And he came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>_, and stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>_, and offered up <05927> (8686) burnt offerings <05930>_, and offered <06213> (8799) peace offerings <08002>_, and made <06213> (8799) a feast <04960> to all his servants <05650>_.
16Then came <0935> (8799) there two <08147> women <0802>_, [that were] harlots <02181> (8802)_, unto the king <04428>_, and stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> him.
17And the one <0259> woman <0802> said <0559> (8799)_, O <0994> my lord <0113>_, I and this woman <0802> dwell <03427> (8802) in one <0259> house <01004>_; and I was delivered of a child <03205> (8799) with her in the house <01004>_.
18And it came to pass the third <07992> day <03117> after that I was delivered <03205> (8800)_, that this woman <0802> was delivered <03205> (8799) also: and we [were] together <03162>_; [there was] no stranger <02114> (8801) with us in the house <01004>_, save <02108> we two <08147> in the house <01004>_.
19And this woman's <0802> child <01121> died <04191> (8799) in the night <03915>_; because she overlaid <07901> (8804) it.
20And she arose <06965> (8799) at midnight <08432> <03915>_, and took <03947> (8799) my son <01121> from beside <0681> me, while thine handmaid <0519> slept <03463>_, and laid <07901> (8686) it in her bosom <02436>_, and laid <07901> (8689) her dead <04191> (8801) child <01121> in my bosom <02436>_.
21And when I rose <06965> (8799) in the morning <01242> to give my child <01121> suck <03243> (8687)_, behold, it was dead <04191> (8804)_: but when I had considered <0995> (8709) it in the morning <01242>_, behold, it was not my son <01121>_, which I did bear <03205> (8804)_.
22And the other <0312> woman <0802> said <0559> (8799)_, Nay; but the living <02416> [is] my son <01121>_, and the dead <04191> (8801) [is] thy son <01121>_. And this said <0559> (8802)_, No; but the dead <04191> (8801) [is] thy son <01121>_, and the living <02416> [is] my son <01121>_. Thus they spake <01696> (8762) before <06440> the king <04428>_.
23Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428>_, The one <02063> saith <0559> (8802)_, This [is] my son <01121> that liveth <02416>_, and thy son <01121> [is] the dead <04191> (8801)_: and the other <02063> saith <0559> (8802)_, Nay; but thy son <01121> [is] the dead <04191> (8801)_, and my son <01121> [is] the living <02416>_.
24And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799)_, Bring <03947> (8798) me a sword <02719>_. And they brought <0935> (8686) a sword <02719> before <06440> the king <04428>_.
25And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799)_, Divide <01504> (8798) the living <02416> child <03206> in two <08147>_, and give <05414> (8798) half <02677> to the one <0259>_, and half <02677> to the other <0259>_.
26Then spake <0559> (8799) the woman <0802> whose the living <02416> child <01121> [was] unto the king <04428>_, for her bowels <07356> yearned <03648> (8738) upon her son <01121>_, and she said <0559> (8799)_, O <0994> my lord <0113>_, give <05414> (8798) her the living <02416> child <03205> (8803)_, and in no wise <04191> (8687) slay <04191> (8686) it. But the other said <0559> (8802)_, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide <01504> (8798) [it]. {yearned: Heb. were hot}
27Then the king <04428> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799)_, Give <05414> (8798) her the living <02416> child <03205> (8803)_, and in no wise <04191> (8687) slay <04191> (8686) it: she [is] the mother <0517> thereof.
28And all Israel <03478> heard <08085> (8799) of the judgment <04941> which the king <04428> had judged <08199> (8804)_; and they feared <03372> (8799) the king <06440>_: for they saw <07200> (8804) that the wisdom <02451> of God <0430> [was] in him <07130>_, to do <06213> (8800) judgment <04941>_. {in him: Heb. in the midst of him}