<vn='1'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s> made <sn="2859">affinity</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="1323">daughter</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> her <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="1129">building</s><sn="*853"></s> his own <sn="1004">house</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="7535">Only</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="2076">sacrificed</s> in high <sn="1116">places</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> there was <sn="3808">no</s><sn="1004">house</s><sn="1129">built</s> unto the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="5704">until</s><sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="157">loved</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="1980">walking</s> in the <sn="2708">statutes</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>: <sn="7535">only</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="2076">sacrificed</s> and burnt <sn="6999">incense</s> in high <sn="1116">places</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="1391">Gibeon</s> to <sn="2076">sacrifice</s><sn="8033">there</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">that</s> was the <sn="1419">great</s> high <sn="1116">place</s>: a <sn="505">thousand</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> did <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="5927">offer</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="4196">altar</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>In <sn="1391">Gibeon</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">appeared</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> in a <sn="2472">dream</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>: and <sn="430">God</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7592">Ask</s><sn="4100">what</s> I shall <sn="5414">give</s> thee. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> hast <sn="6213">showed</s><sn="5973">unto</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="2617">mercy</s>, according <sn="834">as</s> he <sn="1980">walked</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee in <sn="571">truth</s>, and in <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, and in <sn="3483">uprightness</s> of <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee; and thou hast <sn="8104">kept</s> for him <sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="2617">kindness</s>, that thou hast <sn="5414">given</s> him a <sn="1121">son</s> to <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="3678">throne</s>, as it is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> hast made <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="4427">king</s><sn="8478">instead</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s>: and <sn="595">I</s> am but a <sn="6996">little</s><sn="5288">child</s>: I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s> how to go <sn="3318">out</s> or come <sn="935">in</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And thy <sn="5650">servant</s> is in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="977">chosen</s>, a <sn="7227">great</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="3808">cannot</s> be <sn="4487">numbered</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="5608">counted</s> for <sn="4480 7230">multitude</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="5414">Give</s> therefore thy <sn="5650">servant</s> an <sn="8085">understanding</s><sn="3820">heart</s> to <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5971">people</s>, that I may <sn="995">discern</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="2896">good</s> and <sn="7451">bad</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4310">who</s> is <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="2088">this</s> thy so <sn="3515">great</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="5971">people</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="1697">speech</s><sn="3190 5869">pleased</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> had <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="430">God</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3282 834">Because</s> thou hast <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>, and hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7592">asked</s> for thyself <sn="7227">long</s><sn="3117">life</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> hast <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="6239">riches</s> for thyself, <sn="3808">nor</s> hast <sn="7592">asked</s> the <sn="5315">life</s> of thine <sn="341">enemies</s>; but hast <sn="7592">asked</s> for thyself <sn="995">understanding</s> to <sn="8085">discern</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>; </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I have <sn="6213">done</s> according to thy <sn="1697">words</s>: <sn="2009">lo</s>, I have <sn="5414">given</s> thee a <sn="2450">wise</s> and an <sn="995">understanding</s><sn="3820">heart</s>; so <sn="834">that</s> there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">none</s> like <sn="3644">thee</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="310">after</s> thee shall any <sn="6965">arise</s> like unto <sn="3644">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And I have <sn="1571">also</s><sn="5414">given</s> thee that <sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7592">asked</s>, <sn="1571">both</s><sn="6239">riches</s>, <sn="1571">and</s><sn="3519">honor</s>: so <sn="834">that</s> there shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="376">any</s> among the <sn="4428">kings</s> like unto <sn="3644">thee</s><sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="518">if</s> thou wilt <sn="1980">walk</s> in my <sn="1870">ways</s>, to <sn="8104">keep</s> my <sn="2706">statutes</s> and my <sn="4687">commandments</s>, <sn="834">as</s> thy <sn="1">father</s><sn="1732">David</s> did <sn="1980">walk</s>, then I will <sn="748">lengthen</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="3364">awoke</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, it was a <sn="2472">dream</s>. And he <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="136">LORD</s>, and offered <sn="5927">up</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, and <sn="6213">offered</s> peace <sn="8002">offerings</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s> a <sn="4960">feast</s> to <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="227">Then</s><sn="935">came</s> there <sn="8147">two</s><sn="802">women</s>, that were <sn="2181">harlots</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> him. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="259">one</s><sn="802">woman</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="994">O</s> my <sn="113">lord</s>, <sn="589">I</s> and <sn="2063">this</s><sn="802">woman</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> in <sn="259">one</s><sn="1004">house</s>; and I was delivered of a <sn="3205">child</s><sn="5973">with</s> her in the <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="3117">day</s> after that I was <sn="3205">delivered</s>, that <sn="2063">this</s><sn="802">woman</s> was <sn="3205">delivered</s><sn="1571">also</s>: and <sn="587">we</s> were <sn="3162">together</s>; there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="2114">stranger</s><sn="854">with</s> us in the <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="2108">save</s><sn="587">we</s><sn="8147">two</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="2063">this</s><sn="802">woman</s> 's <sn="1121">child</s><sn="4191">died</s> in the <sn="3915">night</s>; <sn="834">because</s> she <sn="7901 5921">overlaid</s> it. </v>
<vn='20'>And she <sn="6965">arose</s> at <sn="8432 3915">midnight</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1121">son</s> from <sn="4480 681">beside</s> me, while thine <sn="519">handmaid</s><sn="3463">slept</s>, and <sn="7901">laid</s> it in her <sn="2436">bosom</s>, and <sn="7901">laid</s> her <sn="4191">dead</s><sn="1121">child</s> in my <sn="2436">bosom</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And when I <sn="6965">rose</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s> to give my child <sn="3242 *853 1121">suck</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, it was <sn="4191">dead</s>: but when I had <sn="995 413">considered</s> it in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, it <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I did <sn="3205">bear</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="312">other</s><sn="802">woman</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3808">Nay</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> the <sn="2416">living</s> is my <sn="1121">son</s>, and the <sn="4191">dead</s> is thy <sn="1121">son</s>. And <sn="2063">this</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3808">No</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> the <sn="4191">dead</s> is thy <sn="1121">son</s>, and the <sn="2416">living</s> is my <sn="1121">son</s>. Thus they <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, The <sn="2063">one</s><sn="559">saith</s>, <sn="2088">This</s> is my <sn="1121">son</s> that <sn="2416">liveth</s>, and thy <sn="1121">son</s> is the <sn="4191">dead</s>: and the <sn="2063">other</s><sn="559">saith</s>, <sn="3808">Nay</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> thy <sn="1121">son</s> is the <sn="4191">dead</s>, and my <sn="1121">son</s> is the <sn="2416">living</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3947">Bring</s> me a <sn="2719">sword</s>. And they <sn="935">brought</s> a <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1504">Divide</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="3206">child</s> in <sn="8147">two</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2677">half</s> to the <sn="259">one</s>, and <sn="2677">half</s> to the <sn="259">other</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Then <sn="559">spoke</s> the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="834">whose</s> the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="1121">child</s> was <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="3588">for</s> her <sn="7356">bowels</s><sn="3648">yearned</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her <sn="1121">son</s>, and she <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="994">O</s> my <sn="113">lord</s>, <sn="5414">give</s> her <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="3205">child</s>, and in <sn="408">no</s> wise <sn="4191 4191">slay</s> it. But the <sn="2063">other</s><sn="559">said</s>, Let it <sn="1961">be</s><sn="1571 3808">neither</s> mine <sn="1571">nor</s> thine, but <sn="1504">divide</s> it. </v>
<vn='27'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="5414">Give</s> her <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="3205">child</s>, and in <sn="3808">no</s> wise <sn="4191 4191">slay</s> it: <sn="1931">she</s> is the <sn="517">mother</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8085">heard</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4941">judgment</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> had <sn="8199">judged</s>; and they <sn="3372 4480 6440">feared</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="2451">wisdom</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was in <sn="7130">him</s>, to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>