1 Kings 3:10

10 The word was good in the eyes of [the] Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.

1 Kings 3:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 3:10

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this
thing.
] Understanding in the affairs of civil government; since he had respect not to his own private benefit and advantage, but the good of the people he governed, and the honour and glory of God, who had set him over them, they being his chosen people, and whose vicegerent he was.

1 Kings 3:10 In-Context

8 Your servant [is] in the middle of your people whom you have chosen; a great people who cannot be counted or numbered because of abundance.

9 Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?"

10 The word was good in the eyes of [the] Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.

11 And God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and you did not ask for yourself {a long life} and you did not ask riches for yourself and you did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you have asked for yourself {the ability to make wise judgments};

12 behold, I do hereby do according to your word. I hereby give you a wise and discerning heart; there was no one like you before you, nor afterwards will one like you arise.