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World English Bible

1 Kings 3 (WEBP)

[1] Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, Yahweh’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.
[2] However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.
[3] Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
[4] The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
[5] In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
[6] Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.
[7] Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.
[8] Your servant is among your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude.
[9] Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
[10] This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
[11] God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,
[12] behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.
[13] I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
[14] If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
[15] Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
[16] Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
[17] The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
[18] The third day after I delivered, this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.
[19] This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it.
[20] She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
[21] When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead; but when I had looked at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.”
[22] The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.
[23] Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”
[24] The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
[25] The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
[26] Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
[27] Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
[28] 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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Kings 3 (KJVS)

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

1 Kings 3:6 Or, bounty
1 Kings 3:9 Heb. hearing
1 Kings 3:11a Heb. many days
1 Kings 3:11b Heb. to hear
1 Kings 3:13 Or, hath not been
1 Kings 3:26 Heb. were hot
1 Kings 3:28 Heb. in the midst of him

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Kings 3 (BYZ)

[2] Πλὴν () ὁ () λαὸς () ἦσαν () θυμιῶντες () ἐπὶ () τοῖς () ὑψηλοῖς, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ᾠκοδομήθη () οἶκος () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () ἕως () νῦν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἠγάπησεν () Σαλωμων τὸν () κύριον () πορεύεσθαι () ἐν () τοῖς () προστάγμασιν Δαυιδ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ, () πλὴν () ἐν () τοῖς () ὑψηλοῖς () ἔθυεν () καὶ () ἐθυμία. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () εἰς () Γαβαων θῦσαι () ἐκεῖ, () ὅτι () αὐτὴ () ὑψηλοτάτη () καὶ () μεγάλη· () χιλίαν () ὁλοκαύτωσιν ἀνήνεγκεν () Σαλωμων ἐπὶ () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () ἐν () Γαβαων.
[5] Καὶ () ὤφθη () κύριος () τῷ () Σαλωμων ἐν () ὕπνῳ () τὴν () νύκτα, () καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Σαλωμων Αἴτησαί () τι () αἴτημα () σαυτῷ. ()
[6] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαλωμων Σὺ () ἐποίησας () μετὰ () τοῦ () δούλου () σου () Δαυιδ () τοῦ () πατρός () μου () ἔλεος () μέγα, () καθὼς () διῆλθεν () ἐνώπιόν () σου () ἐν () ἀληθείᾳ () καὶ () ἐν () δικαιοσύνῃ () καὶ () ἐν () εὐθύτητι () καρδίας () μετὰ () σοῦ, () καὶ () ἐφύλαξας () αὐτῷ () τὸ () ἔλεος () τὸ () μέγα () τοῦτο () δοῦναι () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () θρόνου () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () ἡ () ἡμέρα () αὕτη· ()
[7] καὶ () νῦν, () κύριε () ὁ () θεός () μου, () σὺ () ἔδωκας () τὸν () δοῦλόν () σου () ἀντὶ () Δαυιδ () τοῦ () πατρός () μου, () καὶ () ἐγώ () εἰμι () παιδάριον () μικρὸν () καὶ () οὐκ () οἶδα () τὴν () ἔξοδόν () μου () καὶ () τὴν () εἴσοδόν () μου, ()
[8] ὁ () δὲ () δοῦλός () σου () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () σου, () ὃν () ἐξελέξω, () λαὸν () πολύν, () ὃς () οὐκ () ἀριθμηθήσεται, ()
[9] καὶ () δώσεις () τῷ () δούλῳ () σου () καρδίαν () ἀκούειν () καὶ () διακρίνειν () τὸν () λαόν () σου () ἐν () δικαιοσύνῃ () τοῦ () συνίειν () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἀγαθοῦ () καὶ () κακοῦ· () ὅτι () τίς () δυνήσεται () κρίνειν () τὸν () λαόν () σου () τὸν () βαρὺν () τοῦτον; ()
[10] Καὶ () ἤρεσεν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () ὅτι () ᾐτήσατο () Σαλωμων τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο, ()
[11] καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ᾐτήσω () παρ’ () ἐμοῦ () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο () καὶ () οὐκ () ᾐτήσω () σαυτῷ () ἡμέρας () πολλὰς () καὶ () οὐκ () ᾐτήσω () πλοῦτον () οὐδὲ () ᾐτήσω () ψυχὰς () ἐχθρῶν () σου, () ἀλλ’ () ᾐτήσω () σαυτῷ () σύνεσιν () τοῦ () εἰσακούειν () κρίμα, ()
[12] ἰδοὺ () πεποίηκα () κατὰ () τὸ () ῥῆμά () σου· () ἰδοὺ () δέδωκά () σοι () καρδίαν () φρονίμην () καὶ () σοφήν, () ὡς () σὺ () οὐ () γέγονεν () ἔμπροσθέν () σου () καὶ () μετὰ () σὲ () οὐκ () ἀναστήσεται () ὅμοιός () σοι. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἃ () οὐκ () ᾐτήσω, () δέδωκά () σοι, () καὶ () πλοῦτον () καὶ () δόξαν, () ὡς () οὐ () γέγονεν () ἀνὴρ () ὅμοιός () σοι () ἐν () βασιλεῦσιν· ()
[14] καὶ () ἐὰν () πορευθῇς () ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ () μου () φυλάσσειν () τὰς () ἐντολάς () μου () καὶ () τὰ () προστάγματά μου, () ὡς () ἐπορεύθη () Δαυιδ () ὁ () πατήρ () σου, () καὶ () πληθυνῶ () τὰς () ἡμέρας () σου. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἐξυπνίσθη () Σαλωμων, καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐνύπνιον· () καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () παραγίνεται () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἔστη () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου () τοῦ () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () κιβωτοῦ () διαθήκης () κυρίου () ἐν () Σιων () καὶ () ἀνήγαγεν () ὁλοκαυτώσεις καὶ () ἐποίησεν () εἰρηνικὰς () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () πότον () μέγαν () ἑαυτῷ () καὶ () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () παισὶν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[16] Τότε () ὤφθησαν () δύο () γυναῖκες () πόρναι () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () καὶ () ἔστησαν () ἐνώπιον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () ἡ () μία () Ἐν () ἐμοί, () κύριε· () ἐγὼ () καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὕτη () οἰκοῦμεν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () ἑνὶ () καὶ () ἐτέκομεν () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () τρίτῃ () τεκούσης () μου () καὶ () ἔτεκεν () καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὕτη· () καὶ () ἡμεῖς () κατὰ () τὸ () αὐτό, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () οὐθεὶς () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν () πάρεξ ἀμφοτέρων () ἡμῶν () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () ὁ () υἱὸς () τῆς () γυναικὸς () ταύτης () τὴν () νύκτα, () ὡς () ἐπεκοιμήθη ἐπ’ () αὐτόν· ()
[20] καὶ () ἀνέστη () μέσης () τῆς () νυκτὸς () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () τὸν () υἱόν () μου () ἐκ () τῶν () ἀγκαλῶν () μου () καὶ () ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () κόλπῳ () αὐτῆς () καὶ () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτῆς () τὸν () τεθνηκότα () ἐκοίμισεν ἐν () τῷ () κόλπῳ () μου. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἀνέστην () τὸ () πρωῒ () θηλάσαι () τὸν () υἱόν () μου, () καὶ () ἐκεῖνος () ἦν () τεθνηκώς· () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () κατενόησα () αὐτὸν () πρωί, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () υἱός () μου, () ὃν () ἔτεκον. ()
[22] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () ἡ () ἑτέρα () Οὐχί, () ἀλλὰ () ὁ () υἱός () μου () ὁ () ζῶν, () ὁ () δὲ () υἱός () σου () ὁ () τεθνηκώς. () Καὶ () ἐλάλησαν () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () βασιλέως. ()
[23] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () αὐταῖς () Σὺ () λέγεις () Οὗτος () ὁ () υἱός () μου () ὁ () ζῶν, () καὶ () ὁ () υἱὸς () ταύτης () ὁ () τεθνηκώς· () καὶ () σὺ () λέγεις () Οὐχί, () ἀλλὰ () ὁ () υἱός () μου () ὁ () ζῶν, () καὶ () ὁ () υἱός () σου () ὁ () τεθνηκώς. ()
[24] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Λάβετέ () μοι () μάχαιραν· () καὶ () προσήνεγκαν () τὴν () μάχαιραν () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () βασιλέως. ()
[25] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Διέλετε () τὸ () παιδίον () τὸ () θηλάζον () τὸ () ζῶν () εἰς () δύο () καὶ () δότε () τὸ () ἥμισυ () αὐτοῦ () ταύτῃ () καὶ () τὸ () ἥμισυ () αὐτοῦ () ταύτῃ. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () ἡ () γυνή, () ἧς () ἦν () ὁ () υἱὸς () ὁ () ζῶν, () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα, () ὅτι () ἐταράχθη () ἡ () μήτρα () αὐτῆς () ἐπὶ () τῷ () υἱῷ () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐν () ἐμοί, () κύριε, () δότε () αὐτῇ () τὸ () παιδίον () καὶ () θανάτῳ () μὴ () θανατώσητε () αὐτόν· () καὶ () αὕτη () εἶπεν () Μήτε () ἐμοὶ () μήτε () αὐτῇ () ἔστω· () διέλετε. ()
[27] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () εἶπεν () Δότε () τὸ () παιδίον () τῇ () εἰπούσῃ () Δότε () αὐτῇ () αὐτὸ () καὶ () θανάτῳ () μὴ () θανατώσητε () αὐτόν· () αὐτὴ () ἡ () μήτηρ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἤκουσαν () πᾶς () Ισραηλ () τὸ () κρίμα () τοῦτο, () ὃ () ἔκρινεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς, () καὶ () ἐφοβήθησαν () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () βασιλέως, () ὅτι () εἶδον () ὅτι () φρόνησις () θεοῦ () ἐν () αὐτῷ () τοῦ () ποιεῖν () δικαίωμα. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.