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== Melachim I (Book of 1 Kings), Chapter 3 ==

<named id="1"/>1 And Solomon became allied to Pharaoh king of Egypt by marriage, 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 HaShem, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

<named id="2"/>2 Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of HaShem until those days.

<named id="3"/>3 And Solomon loved HaShem, walking in the statutes of David his father; only he sacrificed and offered in the high places.

<named id="4"/>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.

<named id="5"/>5 In Gibeon HaShem appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and G-d said: 'Ask what I shall give thee.'

<named id="6"/>6 And Solomon said: 'Thou hast shown unto Thy servant David my father great kindness, 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.

<named id="7"/>7 And now, O HaShem my G-d, 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.

<named id="8"/>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.

<named id="9"/>9 Give Thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge Thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

<named id="10"/>10 And the speech pleased HaShem, that Solomon had asked this thing.

<named id="11"/>11 And G-d 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 justice;

<named id="12"/>12 behold, I have done according to thy word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

<named id="13"/>13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour--so that there hath not been any among the kings like unto thee--all thy days.

<named id="14"/>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.'

<named id="15"/>15 And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream; and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of HaShem, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

<named id="16"/>16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

<named id="17"/>17 And the one woman said: 'Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

<named id="18"/>18 And it came to pass the third day after 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.

<named id="19"/>19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlay it.

<named id="20"/>20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

<named id="21"/>21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked well at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear.'

<named id="22"/>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 spoke before the king.

<named id="23"/>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.'

<named id="24"/>24 And the king said: 'Fetch me a sword.' And they brought a sword before the king.

<named id="25"/>25 And the king said: 'Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.'

<named id="26"/>26 Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned upon her son, and she said: 'Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.' But the other said: 'It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.'

<named id="27"/>27 Then the king answered and said: 'Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.'

<named id="28"/>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 G-d was in him, to do justice.

== See also ==
* [[Melachim I 2|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Melachim I 3 Commentaries]]
* [[Melachim I 4|Next Chapter]]

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