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.

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1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:1, 2 Samuel 5:7

2But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.

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1 Kings 22:43, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Chronicles 33:17, 2 Chronicles 33:17, Deuteronomy 12:2

3And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father; only he sacrificed in the high places, and burnt incense.

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1 Corinthians 8:3, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Psalms 31:23, Psalms 31:23, Deuteronomy 6:5

4He 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.

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2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 1:3, 1 Chronicles 16:39, 2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 1:3

5And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

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James 1:5, James 1:6, 1 Kings 9:2, James 1:5, James 1:6

6And 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.

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1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 1:48, 1 Kings 1:48, 2 Corinthians 9:11

7And 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;

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1 Chronicles 29:1, Numbers 27:17, 1 Chronicles 29:1, Numbers 27:17, Jeremiah 1:6

8And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

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Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 13:16, 1 Chronicles 21:2

9Give 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?

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James 1:5, James 1:5, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 16:16, John 5:30

10And the word was pleasing to the Lord, that Solomon had asked such a thing.

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Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 15:8

11And 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;

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Romans 8:26, 1 Kings 3:9, James 4:2, James 4:3, Romans 8:26

12Behold 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.

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1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, Ecclesiastes 1:16

13Yea, 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.

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Ephesians 3:20, Ephesians 3:20, Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 3:16, Matthew 6:33

14And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days.

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Proverbs 3:2, Psalms 91:16, Proverbs 3:2, Psalms 91:16, 1 Kings 15:5

15And 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.

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Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:7, 1 Kings 8:65, 1 Kings 8:65, Daniel 5:1

16Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

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Exodus 18:16, Exodus 18:16, Numbers 27:2, Leviticus 19:29, Deuteronomy 23:17

17And 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.

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Genesis 43:20, Romans 13:7, Genesis 43:20, Romans 13:7

18And 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.

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19And this woman's child died in the night: for in her sleep she overlaid him.

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20And 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.

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John 3:20, John 3:20, Psalms 139:11, Job 24:13, Job 24:17

21And 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.

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Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:7, 1 Samuel 1:23, 1 Samuel 1:23, Lamentations 4:3

22And 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.

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1 Kings 3:23, 1 Kings 3:24, 1 Kings 3:23, 1 Kings 3:24

23Then 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.

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24The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king,

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25Divide, said he, the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.

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Proverbs 25:8, Proverbs 25:8

26But 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.

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Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 49:15, Jeremiah 31:20, Jeremiah 31:20, 1 John 3:17

27The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed; for she is the mother thereof.

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28And 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.

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1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:12, Daniel 2:47, Colossians 2:3, 1 Kings 3:9