1 Kings 3:5-14
Read 1 Kings 3 in full →5aIn Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon bin a dream at night; and God said, “cAsk what I should give to you.”
God Gives Wisdom to Solomon
6Then Solomon said, “aYou have shown great lovingkindness to Your slave David my father, baccording to how he walked before You in 1truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and cYou have kept for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7“So now, O Yahweh my God, aYou have made Your slave king in place of my father David, yet bI am but a little child; cI do not know how to go out or come in. 8“aAnd Your slave is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, ba numerous people who are too many to be numbered or counted. 9“So agive Your slave a listening heart to judge Your people bto discern between good and evil. For who is able to 1judge this glorious people of Yours?”
101And it was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. 11And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have anot asked for yourself 1long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to listen to justice, 12behold, aI have done according to your words. Behold, bI have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you. 13“aI have also given you what you have not asked, both briches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days. 14“aNow if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will bprolong your days.”