1And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao, the king of Egypt: for he took his 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.stylus1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:1, 2 Samuel 5:72But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.stylus1 Kings 22:43, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Chronicles 33:17, 2 Chronicles 33:17, Deuteronomy 12:23And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father; only he sacrificed in the high places, and burnt incense.stylus1 Corinthians 8:3, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Psalms 31:23, Psalms 31:23, Deuteronomy 6:54He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand victims for holocausts, did Solomon offer upon that altar, in Gabaon.stylus2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 1:3, 1 Chronicles 16:39, 2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 1:35And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.stylusJames 1:5, James 1:6, 1 Kings 9:2, James 1:5, James 1:66And Solomon said: Thou hast shewed great mercy to thy servant David, my father, even as he walked before thee in truth, and justice, and an upright heart with thee: and thou hast kept thy great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.stylus1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 1:48, 1 Kings 1:48, 2 Corinthians 9:117And now, O Lord God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David, my father: and I am but a child, and know not how to go out and come in;stylus1 Chronicles 29:1, Numbers 27:17, 1 Chronicles 29:1, Numbers 27:17, Jeremiah 1:68And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.stylusGenesis 15:5, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 13:16, 1 Chronicles 21:29Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, thy people, which is so numerous?stylusJames 1:5, James 1:5, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 16:16, John 5:3010And the word was pleasing to the Lord, that Solomon had asked such a thing.stylusProverbs 15:8, Proverbs 15:811And the Lord said to Solomon: Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life nor riches, nor the lives of thy enemies, but hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern judgment;stylusRomans 8:26, 1 Kings 3:9, James 4:2, James 4:3, Romans 8:2612Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee.stylus1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, Ecclesiastes 1:1613Yea, and the things also which thou didst not ask, I have given thee; to wit, riches and glory: so that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore.stylusEphesians 3:20, Ephesians 3:20, Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 3:16, Matthew 6:3314And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days.stylusProverbs 3:2, Psalms 91:16, Proverbs 3:2, Psalms 91:16, 1 Kings 15:515And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it was a dream: and when he was come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of peace offerings, and made a great feast for all his servants.stylusGenesis 41:7, Genesis 41:7, 1 Kings 8:65, 1 Kings 8:65, Daniel 5:116Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.stylusExodus 18:16, Exodus 18:16, Numbers 27:2, Leviticus 19:29, Deuteronomy 23:1717And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber.stylusGenesis 43:20, Romans 13:7, Genesis 43:20, Romans 13:718And the third day after I was delivered, she also was delivered; and we were together, and no other person with us in the house; only we two.stylus19And this woman's child died in the night: for in her sleep she overlaid him.stylus20And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I, thy handmaid, was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom.stylusJohn 3:20, John 3:20, Psalms 139:11, Job 24:13, Job 24:1721And when I arose in the morning, to give my child suck, behold it was dead: but considering him more diligently, when it was clear day, I found that it was not mine which I bore.stylusGenesis 21:7, Genesis 21:7, 1 Samuel 1:23, 1 Samuel 1:23, Lamentations 4:322And the other woman answered: It is not so as thou sayest, but thy child is dead, and mine is alive. On the contrary, she said; Thou liest: for my child liveth, and thy child is dead. And in this manner they strove before the king.stylus1 Kings 3:23, 1 Kings 3:24, 1 Kings 3:23, 1 Kings 3:2423Then said the king: The one saith, My child is alive, and thy child is dead. And the other answereth: Nay; but thy child is dead, and mine liveth.stylus24The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king,stylus25Divide, said he, the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.stylusProverbs 25:8, Proverbs 25:826But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king; (for her bowels were moved upon her child) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine; but divide it.stylusIsaiah 49:15, Isaiah 49:15, Jeremiah 31:20, Jeremiah 31:20, 1 John 3:1727The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed; for she is the mother thereof.stylus28And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.stylus1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:12, Daniel 2:47, Colossians 2:3, 1 Kings 3:9