Verse 15
1 Kings 3:15
Bible in Basic English
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And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקַ֥ץ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה חֲל֑וֹם וַ/יָּב֨וֹא יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹ֣ד לִ/פְנֵ֣י אֲר֣וֹן בְּרִית אֲדֹנָ֗/י וַ/יַּ֤עַל עֹלוֹת֙ וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ שְׁלָמִ֔ים וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ מִשְׁתֶּ֖ה לְ/כָל עֲבָדָֽי/ו
English Translation
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 he offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings and he made a feast for all his servants.
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Chapter 3 Context
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Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, ke...
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But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had be...
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And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and...
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And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was...
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5
In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God (Elohim) said to him, Say w...
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6
And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and uprig...
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And now, O Lord my God (Elohim), you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; an...
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And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be...
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9
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evi...
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10
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
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And God (Elohim) said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for your...
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12
I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been...
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And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was...
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14
And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you...
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15
And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the...
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Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
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And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to...
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And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-perso...
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In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.
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And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleepi...
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And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking a...
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And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first s...
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Then the king said, One says, The living child is my son, and yours is the dead: and the other says,...
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Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.
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And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the...
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Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O...
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Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mothe...
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And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the...
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