The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 3:4 (KJV)
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.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 3:5 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]At Gibeon the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot] appeared [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]to Solomon during the night in a dream,[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] and God said, “Ask [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]for whatever you want me to give you.”[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 3:6 (KJV)
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.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 3:7 (KJV)

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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 3:8 (KJV)
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.

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Kings 3:9
New International Version (NIV)

So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

 

[slave]

(1 Kings 3:10): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)

10 It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.

 

[slave]

[h=1](1 Kings 3:11): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h][FONT=&quot]11 God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice,[/FONT]


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[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 3:12 (KJV)
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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 3:13 (KJV)
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.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 3:14 (NIV)


[FONT=&quot]And if you walk[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 3:15 (KJV)
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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 3:16 (KJV)
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 3:17 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]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.[/FONT]

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Kings 3:18
New International Version (NIV)

The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 3:19 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]During the night this woman’s son died because she lay on him.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 3:20 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast[/FONT]

 

[Marcelo]

[h=1]1 Kings 3:21New International Version (NIV)[/h][FONT=&quot]21 The next morning, I got up to nurse my son—and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t the son I had borne.”[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 3:22 (KJV)
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.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 3:23 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]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.[/FONT]