The KJV Bible With Strong's References:
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1 Kings 3
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- 3:1 And
Solomon made
affinity with
Pharaoh
king of
Egypt, and
took
Pharaoh's
daughter, and
brought her into the
city of
David, until he had made an
end of
building his own
house, and the
house of the
LORD, and the
wall of
Jerusalem round
about.
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- 3:2 Only the
people
sacrificed in high
places, because there was no
house
built unto the
name of the
LORD, until those
days.
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- 3:3 And
Solomon
loved the
LORD,
walking in the
statutes of
David his
father: only he
sacrificed and burnt
incense in high
places.
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- 3:4 And the
king
went to
Gibeon to
sacrifice there; for
that was the
great high
place: a
thousand burnt
offerings did
Solomon
offer upon that
altar.
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- 3:5 In
Gibeon the
LORD
appeared to
Solomon in a
dream by
night: and
God
said,
Ask what I shall
give thee.
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- 3:6 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.
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- 3:7 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.
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- 3:8 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.
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- 3:9
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?
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- 3:10 And the
speech
pleased
* the
Lord, that
Solomon had
asked this
thing.
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- 3:11 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;
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- 3:12 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.
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- 3:13 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.
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- 3:14 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.
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- 3:15 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.
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- 3:16 Then
came there
two
women, that were
harlots, unto the
king, and
stood
before him.
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- 3:17 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.
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- 3:18 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.
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- 3:19 And this
woman's
child
died in the
night; because she
overlaid it.
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- 3:20 And she
arose at
midnight
*, and
took my
son from
beside me, while thine
handmaid
slept, and
laid it in her
bosom, and
laid her
dead
child in my
bosom.
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- 3:21 And when I
rose in the
morning to give my
child
suck, behold, it was
dead: but when I had
considered it in the
morning, behold, it was not my
son, which I did
bear.
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- 3:22 And the
other
woman
said, Nay; but the
living is my
son, and the
dead is thy
son. And this
said, No; but the
dead is thy
son, and the
living is my
son. Thus they
spake
before the
king.
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- 3:23 Then
said the
king, The
one
saith, This is my
son that
liveth, and thy
son is the
dead: and the
other
saith, Nay; but thy
son is the
dead, and my
son is the
living.
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- 3:24 And the
king
said,
Bring me a
sword. And they
brought a
sword
before the
king.
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- 3:25 And the
king
said,
Divide the
living
child in
two, and
give
half to the
one, and
half to the
other.
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- 3:26 Then
spake the
woman whose the
living
child was unto the
king, for her
bowels
yearned upon her
son, and she
said,
O my
lord,
give her the
living
child, and in no
wise
slay it. But the other
said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but
divide it.
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- 3:27 Then the
king
answered and
said,
Give her the
living
child, and in no
wise
slay it: she is the
mother thereof.
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- 3:28 And all
Israel
heard of the
judgment which the
king had
judged; and they
feared the
king: for they
saw that the
wisdom of
God was in
him, to
do
judgment.
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