1 Kings 3
3:1And the kingdom solidified in the hand of Solomon. And Solomon contracted a marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he took the daughter of Pharaoh, and he brought her into the city of David, until he completed building his house, and the house of the lord at first, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
3:2Except the people were burning incense upon the high places, for a house was not built to the name of the lord until now.
3:3And Solomon loved the lord, to go in the orders of David his father; only he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
3:4And he rose up and went into Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was highest and great. Solomon offered a thousand whole burnt-offerings upon the altar in Gibeon.
3:5And the lord appeared to Solomon in sleep at night. And the lord said to Solomon, Ask any request for yourself!
3:6And Solomon said, You did great mercy with your servant David my father, as he went before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in straightness of heart with you. And you guarded him by this great mercy, to grant to him a son sitting upon his throne as this day.
3:7And now, O lord, my God, you gave reign to your servant in place of David my father. And I am a small boy; and I do not know my entering and my exiting.
3:8And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you chose, a populous people who cannot be counted.
3:9And you shall give to your servant a heart to hear and to litigate your people in righteousness, to perceive between good and bad. For who shall be able to judge this weighty thing for your people?
3:10And the word was pleasing before the lord, that Solomon asked this thing.
3:11And the lord said to him, Because you asked this thing from me, and you did not ask many days for yourself, and you did not ask for riches, nor asked for the lives of your enemies; but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment;
3:12behold, I have done according to your word; behold, I give to you an intelligent and wise heart. There has not been one as you before you, and after you there shall not rise up one likened to you.
3:13And indeed what you have not asked, I have given to you, even riches and glory, as there is not a man likened to you among the kings.
3:14And if you should have gone in my way, to guard my commandments, and my orders, as David your father went, then I will prolong your days.
3:15And Solomon woke up and knew the dream. And he rose up and came unto Jerusalem, and he stood in front of the altar, of the one in front of the ark of the covenant of the lord, and he led up whole burnt-offerings, and made peace offerings, and made a banquet to all his servants.
3:16Then there appeared two women harlots unto the king, and they stood before him.
3:17And the one woman said, Hear me, O my master. I and this woman live in one house, and we gave birth in the house.
3:18And it came to pass in the third day of my giving birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were in the same place, and there was no one with us, only both of us in the house.
3:19And the son of this woman died in the night, as she rested upon it.
3:20And she rose up in the middle of the night, and she took my son from my embrace, and your maidservant rested, and she rested it in her bosom, and the son having died she rested in my bosom.
3:21And I rose up in the morning to nurse my son, and that one was the one having died. And behold, I contemplated him in the morning; and behold, he was not my son whom I gave birth.
3:22And the other woman said, Not so, for my son is the one living, and your son is the one having died. And she said, Not so, your son is the one having died, and my son is the one living. And they spoke before the king.
3:23And the king said to them, You here say, This my son is the one living, and this one's son is the one having died. And you there say, Not so, but my son is the one living, and this one's son is the one having died.
3:24And the king said, Take for me a sword! And they brought the sword before the king.
3:25And the king said, Divide the living child into two, and give the one half of him to this one, and the other half of him to this other one!
3:26And the woman answered of whom was the mother of the living son, and she said to the king, for her womb was disturbed over her son, and she said, Hear me, O master. give to her the child, and to death let it not be put to death! And she the other said, Neither to me nor to her let it be, divide it!
3:27And the king responded and said, Give the living child to the one having said, Give it to her! and unto death you should not put it to death -- she is his mother.
3:28And all Israel heard this ordinance which the king passed judgment, and they feared from the presence of the king, for they knew that intellect of God was in him to do justice.