WEBVTT 00:00.560 --> 00:07.000 Chapter 3 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's 00:07.000 --> 00:11.400 daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of 00:11.400 --> 00:15.560 building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round 00:15.560 --> 00:15.920 about. 00:17.120 --> 00:22.000 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the 00:22.000 --> 00:24.220 name of the Lord until those days. 00:25.160 --> 00:29.340 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father. 00:30.000 --> 00:33.220 Only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 00:34.160 --> 00:39.120 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. 00:39.940 --> 00:43.260 A thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 00:45.280 --> 00:48.920 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. 00:49.740 --> 00:52.300 And God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 00:52.680 --> 00:57.360 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, 00:57.360 --> 01:01.520 according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in 01:01.520 --> 01:02.940 uprightness of heart with thee. 01:03.560 --> 01:08.100 And thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son 01:08.100 --> 01:10.960 to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 01:12.080 --> 01:17.600 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father. 01:18.440 --> 01:22.480 And I am but a little child, I know not how to go out or come in. 01:23.240 --> 01:26.480 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, 01:26.840 --> 01:29.940 a great people that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 01:31.000 --> 01:36.000 Give, therefore, thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, 01:36.520 --> 01:39.020 that I may discern between good and bad. 01:39.660 --> 01:43.680 For who is able to judge this, thy so great a people? 01:44.400 --> 01:48.040 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 01:48.780 --> 01:54.200 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for 01:54.200 --> 01:59.620 thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the 01:59.620 --> 02:04.660 life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment. 02:05.500 --> 02:08.220 Behold, I have done according to thy words. 02:09.180 --> 02:13.340 Lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was 02:13.340 --> 02:18.280 none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 02:18.780 --> 02:23.940 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor, 02:24.500 --> 02:29.100 so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 02:29.580 --> 02:33.920 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, 02:34.240 --> 02:38.500 as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 02:38.660 --> 02:41.700 And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 02:42.780 --> 02:46.480 And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, 02:46.740 --> 02:50.880 and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a 02:50.880 --> 02:52.120 feast to all his servants. 02:53.060 --> 02:57.200 Then came there two women that were harlots unto the king, and stood before 02:57.200 --> 02:57.480 him. 02:58.220 --> 03:02.420 And the one woman said, O my Lord, I and this woman dwell in one house, 03:02.880 --> 03:05.580 and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 03:06.160 --> 03:10.000 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was 03:10.000 --> 03:10.660 delivered also. 03:11.280 --> 03:14.240 And we were together, there was no stranger with us in the house, 03:14.500 --> 03:15.880 save we two in the house. 03:16.700 --> 03:20.740 And this woman's child died in the night, because she overlaid it. 03:21.540 --> 03:25.460 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid 03:25.460 --> 03:30.060 slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 03:30.600 --> 03:34.760 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead. 03:35.440 --> 03:40.620 But when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son which I 03:40.620 --> 03:41.060 did bear. 03:41.420 --> 03:45.740 And the other woman said, Nay, but the living is my son, and the dead is 03:45.740 --> 03:46.380 thy son. 03:46.540 --> 03:50.900 And this said, No, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. 03:51.240 --> 03:52.800 Thus they spake before the king. 03:53.180 --> 03:58.560 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is 03:58.560 --> 03:59.000 the dead. 03:59.560 --> 04:04.120 And the other saith, Nay, but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 04:04.400 --> 04:06.460 And the king said, Bring me a sword. 04:06.900 --> 04:08.480 And they brought a sword before the king. 04:09.140 --> 04:12.720 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, 04:13.260 --> 04:14.220 and half to the other. 04:14.480 --> 04:17.520 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king. 04:17.960 --> 04:20.020 For her bowels yearned upon her son. 04:20.300 --> 04:25.440 And she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. 04:25.660 --> 04:29.140 But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 04:29.320 --> 04:33.760 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise 04:33.760 --> 04:34.240 slay it. 04:34.980 --> 04:36.960 She is the mother thereof. 04:37.340 --> 04:40.540 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged. 04:41.360 --> 04:46.540 And they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.