And SolomonmadeaffinitywithPharaohking of Egypt, and tookPharaoh’sdaughter, 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 Jerusalemroundabout.
And Solomonsaid, Thouhastshewedunto thy servantDavid my fathergreatmercy, according as he walkedbeforethee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heartwiththee; and thouhastkept for him thisgreatkindness, thatthouhastgiven him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Givetherefore thy servant an understandingheart to judge thy people, that I may discernbetweengood and bad: for who is able to judgethis thy so great a people?
And God saidunto him, Becausethouhastaskedthisthing, and hast not asked for thyselflonglife; neitherhastaskedriches for thyself, nor hastasked the life of thineenemies; but hastasked for thyselfunderstanding to discernjudgment;
Behold, I havedoneaccording to thy words: lo, I havegiventhee a wise and an understandingheart; so thatthere was noneliketheebeforethee, neitheraftertheeshall any ariselikeuntothee.
And Solomonawoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stoodbefore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burntofferings, and offeredpeaceofferings, and made a feast to all his servants.
And it came to pass the third day afterthat I was delivered, thatthiswoman was deliveredalso: and we weretogether; there was no strangerwith us in the house, save we two in the house.
And when I rose in the morning to give my childsuck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
And the otherwomansaid, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And thissaid, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thustheyspakebefore the king.
Thensaid the king, The one saith, This is my son thatliveth, and thy son is the dead: and the othersaith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
Thenspake the womanwhose the livingchild was unto the king, for her bowelsyearnedupon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the livingchild, and in no wiseslay it. But the othersaid, Let it be neithermine nor thine, but divide it.