1Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.stylus1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:1, 2 Samuel 5:72The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.stylus1 Kings 22:43, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Chronicles 33:17, 2 Chronicles 33:17, Deuteronomy 12:23And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.stylus1 Corinthians 8:3, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Psalms 31:23, Psalms 31:23, Deuteronomy 6:54Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.stylus2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 1:3, 1 Chronicles 16:39, 2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 1:35One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”stylusJames 1:5, James 1:6, 1 Kings 9:2, James 1:5, James 1:66Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.stylus1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 1:48, 1 Kings 1:48, 2 Corinthians 9:117And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.stylus1 Chronicles 29:1, Numbers 27:17, 1 Chronicles 29:1, Numbers 27:17, Jeremiah 1:68Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.stylusGenesis 15:5, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 13:16, 1 Chronicles 21:29Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”stylusJames 1:5, James 1:5, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 16:16, John 5:3010Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.stylusProverbs 15:8, Proverbs 15:811So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—stylusRomans 8:26, 1 Kings 3:9, James 4:2, James 4:3, Romans 8:2612behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.stylus1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, Ecclesiastes 1:1613Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.stylusEphesians 3:20, Ephesians 3:20, Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 3:16, Matthew 6:3314So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”stylusProverbs 3:2, Psalms 91:16, Proverbs 3:2, Psalms 91:16, 1 Kings 15:515Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.stylusGenesis 41:7, Genesis 41:7, 1 Kings 8:65, 1 Kings 8:65, Daniel 5:116At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.stylusExodus 18:16, Exodus 18:16, Numbers 27:2, Leviticus 19:29, Deuteronomy 23:1717One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.stylusGenesis 43:20, Romans 13:7, Genesis 43:20, Romans 13:718On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.stylus19During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.stylus20So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.stylusJohn 3:20, John 3:20, Psalms 139:11, Job 24:13, Job 24:1721The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”stylusGenesis 21:7, Genesis 21:7, 1 Samuel 1:23, 1 Samuel 1:23, Lamentations 4:322“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.stylus1 Kings 3:23, 1 Kings 3:24, 1 Kings 3:23, 1 Kings 3:2423Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”stylus24The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,stylus25and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”stylusProverbs 25:8, Proverbs 25:826Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”stylusIsaiah 49:15, Isaiah 49:15, Jeremiah 31:20, Jeremiah 31:20, 1 John 3:1727Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”stylus28When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.stylus1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:12, Daniel 2:47, Colossians 2:3, 1 Kings 3:9
