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1 Kings 3:1
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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 Jehovah,
and the wall of Jerusalem round about. |
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| 1 Kings 3:2 |
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Only the people sacrificed in the high places,
because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days. |
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| 1 Kings 3:3 |
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And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes
of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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| 1 Kings 3:4 |
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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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| 1 Kings 3:5 |
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In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream
by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. |
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| 1 Kings 3:6 |
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And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy
servant David my father great lovingkindness, 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 lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to
sit on his throne, as it is this day. |
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| 1 Kings 3:7 |
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And now, O Jehovah 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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| 1 Kings 3:8 |
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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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| 1 Kings 3:9 |
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Give thy servant therefore an understanding
heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is
able to judge this thy great people? |
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| 1 Kings 3:10 |
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And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon
had asked this thing. |
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| 1 Kings 3:11 |
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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 justice; |
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| 1 Kings 3:12 |
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behold, I have done according to thy word: lo,
I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there hath been none
like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. |
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| 1 Kings 3:13 |
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And I have also given thee that which thou hast
not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings
like unto thee, all thy days. |
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| 1 Kings 3:14 |
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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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| 1 Kings 3:15 |
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And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream:
and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah,
and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast
to all his servants. |
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| 1 Kings 3:16 |
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Then there came two women that were harlots,
unto the king, and stood before him. |
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| 1 Kings 3:17 |
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And the one woman said, Oh, 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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| 1 Kings 3:18 |
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And it came to pass the third day after 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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| 1 Kings 3:19 |
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And this woman's child died in the night, because
she lay upon it. |
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| 1 Kings 3:20 |
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And she arose at midnight, and took my son from
beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead
child in my bosom. |
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| 1 Kings 3:21 |
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And when I rose in the morning to give my child
suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold,
it was not my son, whom I did bear. |
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| 1 Kings 3:22 |
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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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| 1 Kings 3:23 |
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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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| 1 Kings 3:24 |
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And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they
brought a sword before the king. |
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| 1 Kings 3:25 |
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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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| 1 Kings 3:26 |
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Then spake the woman whose the living child
was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord,
give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall
be neither mine nor thine; divide it. |
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| 1 Kings 3:27 |
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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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| 1 Kings 3:28 |
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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 justice. |
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