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"Lord my God, You have now made Your servant king in my father David's place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.
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Your servant is among Your people You have chosen, a people too numerous to be numbered or counted.
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So give Your servant an obedient heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"
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Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had requested this.
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So God said to him, "Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to understand justice,
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I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.
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In addition, I will give you what you did not ask for: both riches and honor, so that no man in any kingdom will be your equal during your entire life.
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If you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments just as your father David did, I will give you a long life."
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Then Solomon woke up and realized it had been a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord's covenant, and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
Solomon's Wisdom
16 Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
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One woman said, "Please my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I had a baby while she was in the house.