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1 Kings

Chapter 3

KJV · Textus Receptus

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.

Asante Twi

1Na Solomon ne Farao, Misraim hene kaa abusua bɔɔ mu, na ɔwaree Farao babaa, na ɔde no baa Dawid kuro mu, kɔsii sɛ ɔwiee n'ankasa ne fie, ne AWURADE fie, ne Yerusalem ho ɔfasuo a atwa ho ahyia no kyekyere.Under pastoral review
2Nanso na nkurɔfoɔ no bɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea, efisɛ na wɔnkyekyeree efie mma AWURADE din, de bɛsi saa nna no.Under pastoral review
3Na Solomon dɔɔ AWURADE, na ɔnantee n'agya Dawid ahyɛdeɛ mu: nanso na ɔbɔ afɔdeɛ na ɔhye aduhwam wɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea.Under pastoral review
4Na ɔhene kɔɔ Gibeon sɛ ɔrekɔbɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ hɔ; efisɛ ɛhɔ ne sorɔnsorɔmmea kɛseɛ no: ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ apem na Solomon bɔɔ wɔ saa afɔrebukyia no so.Under pastoral review
5Gibeon hɔ na AWURADE yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ Solomon daeɛ mu anadwo: na Onyankopɔn kaa sɛ, Bisa deɛ memfa mma wo.Under pastoral review
6Na Solomon kaa sɛ, Woayɛ w'akoa, m'agya Dawid mmɔborɔhunu kɛseɛ, sɛdeɛ ɔde nokorɛ, ne tenenee, ne akoma a ɛtene nantee w'anim no; na woakora saa adɔeɛ kɛseɛ yi ama no, sɛ woama no ɔbabarima a ɔte n'ahennwa so, sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ ɛnnɛ yi.Under pastoral review
7Na afei, Ao AWURADE me Onyankopɔn, woayɛ w'akoa ɔhene m'agya Dawid ananmu: na meyɛ abɔfra ketewa: me nnim sɛdeɛ wɔfiri adi anaa wɔba mu.Under pastoral review
8Na w'akoa wɔ wo nkurɔfoɔ a woayi wɔn no mfimfini, ɔman kɛseɛ a wɔrentumi nkan wɔn dodoɔ enti.Under pastoral review
9Enti ma w'akoa akoma a ɛtie na ɔmfa mmu wo nkurɔfoɔ atɛn, na mahunu papa ne bɔne ntam: na hwan na ɔbɛtumi abu wo nkurɔfoɔ kɛseɛ yi atɛn?Under pastoral review
10Na asɛm no sɔɔ Awurade ani sɛ Solomon abisa saa adeɛ yi.Under pastoral review
11Na Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Esiane sɛ woabisa saa adeɛ yi, na w'ammisa nkwa tenten amma wo ho, na w'ammisa ahonyadeɛ amma wo ho, na w'ammisa w'atamfoɔ kra, na mmom woabisa nteaseɛ ama wo ho sɛ wobɛte atemmuo ase enti;Under pastoral review
12Hwɛ, mayɛ sɛdeɛ wo nsɛm teɛ: hwɛ, mama wo akoma a nyansa ne nteaseɛ wɔ mu; a obiara nni hɔ a ɔte sɛ wo a wadi w'anim, na obiara rensɔre wɔ w'akyi a ɔte sɛ wo.Under pastoral review
13Na mede deɛ w'ammisa nso ama wo, ahonyadeɛ ne animuonyam nyinaa: a ɔhene biara rennyɛ sɛ wo wo nna nyinaa mu.Under pastoral review
14Na sɛ wobɛnante m'akwan mu, na woadi m'ahyɛdeɛ ne me mmara so, sɛdeɛ w'agya Dawid nanteeɛ no a, ɛnneɛ mɛma wo nna aware.Under pastoral review
15Na Solomon nyaneeɛ; na hwɛ, ɛyɛ daeɛ. Na ɔbaa Yerusalem, na ɔbɛgyinaa AWURADE apam aron no anim, na ɔbɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ, na ɔbɔɔ asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ, na ɔtoo ɛpono maa ne nkoa nyinaa.Under pastoral review
16Afei mmaa baanu a wɔyɛ adwamanfoɔ baa ɔhene nkyɛn, na wɔbɛgyinaa n'anim.Under pastoral review
17Na ɔbaa baako kaa sɛ, Ao me wura, me ne saa ɔbaa yi te efie baako mu; na mewoo ɔba wɔ efie hɔ a ɔka me ho.Under pastoral review
18Na ɛbaa sɛ, mewoeɛ akyi nnansa so no, saa ɔbaa yi nso woeɛ: na yɛka bɔ mu; ɔhɔhoɔ biara nni yɛn nkyɛn wɔ efie hɔ, gye yɛn baanu wɔ efie hɔ.Under pastoral review
19Na saa ɔbaa yi ba wuu anadwo, efisɛ ɔdaa ne so.Under pastoral review
20Na ɔsɔree ɔdasuo mu, na ɔfaa me ba firii me nkyɛn ɛberɛ a w'afenaa ada, na ɔde no too ne kokom, na ɔde ne ba a wawu no too me kokom.Under pastoral review
21Na ɛberɛ a mesɔree anɔpa sɛ merebɛma me ba nufoɔ no, hwɛ, na wawu: na ɛberɛ a mehwɛɛ no yie anɔpa no, hwɛ, ɛnyɛ me ba a mewoo no.Under pastoral review
22Na ɔbaa baako no kaa sɛ, Dabi; na deɛ ɔte ase no ne me ba, na deɛ wawu no ne wo ba. Na yei nso kaa sɛ, Dabi; na deɛ wawu no ne wo ba, na deɛ ɔte ase no ne me ba. Saa na wɔkasaa wɔ ɔhene anim.Under pastoral review
23Afei ɔhene kaa sɛ, Yei ka sɛ, Me ba ne deɛ ɔte ase no, na wo ba ne deɛ wawu no: na yei nso ka sɛ, Dabi; na wo ba ne deɛ wawu no, na me ba ne deɛ ɔte ase no.Under pastoral review
24Na ɔhene kaa sɛ, Momfa akofena mmrɛ me. Na wɔde akofena baa ɔhene anim.Under pastoral review
25Na ɔhene kaa sɛ, Monkyɛ abɔfra a ɔte ase no mu mmienu, na momfa ɛfa mma baako, na ɛfa mma baako no.Under pastoral review
26Afei ɔbaa a abɔfra a ɔte ase no yɛ ne dea no ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene, efisɛ ne yam hyehyee no wɔ ne ba no ho, na ɔkaa sɛ, Ao me wura, fa abɔfra a ɔte ase no ma no, na monnkum no koraa. Na ɔbaako no deɛ, ɔkaa sɛ, Ɛnnyɛ me dea, na ɛnnyɛ wo dea nso; monkyɛ mu.Under pastoral review
27Afei ɔhene buaeɛ, na ɔkaa sɛ, Momfa abɔfra a ɔte ase no mma no, na monnkum no koraa: ɔno ne ne maame.Under pastoral review
28Na Israel nyinaa tee atemmuo a ɔhene buiɛ no; na wɔsuroo ɔhene: efisɛ wɔhunuu sɛ Onyankopɔn nyansa wɔ ne mu sɛ ɔde bɛbu atɛn.Under pastoral review

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