11:003:005 In Gibeon the lord appeared to Solomon
in a dream by night:
and
God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
11:003:006 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto
thy servant David my
father
great mercy, according as he walked before thee in
truth,
and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with
thee;
and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that
thou
hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is
this
day.
11:003:007 And now, O lord my God, thou hast
made thy servant king
instead
of David my father: and I am but a little child:
I
know
not how to go out or come in.
11:003:008 And thy servant is in the midst of thy
people which thou hast
chosen,
a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted
for
multitude.
11:003:009 Give therefore thy servant an understanding
heart to judge thy
people,
that I may discern between good and bad: for who
is
able
to judge this thy so great a people?
11:003:010 And the speech pleased the lord, that
Solomon had asked this
thing.
11:003:011 And God said unto him, Because thou hast
asked this thing, and
hast
not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked
riches
for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies;
but
hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
11:003:012 Behold, I have done according to thy words:
lo, I have given
thee
a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was
none
like
thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise
like
unto
thee.
11:003:013 And I have also given thee that which thou
hast not asked,
both
riches, and honour: so that there shall not be
any among
the
kings like unto thee all thy days.
11:003:014 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep
my statutes and my
commandments,
as thy father David did walk, then I will
lengthen
thy days.
11:003:015 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was
a dream. And he came to
Jerusalem,
and stood before the ark of the covenant of the
lord,
and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace
offerings,
and made a feast to all his servants.
11:003:016 Then came there two women, that were harlots,
unto the king,
and
stood before him.
11:003:017 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.
11:003:018 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.


