Lièwángjìshang 3:11

11 Shén duì tā shuō , nǐ jìrán qiú zhè shì , bú wèi zìjǐ qiú shòu , qiú fù , yĕ bù qiú mièjué nǐ chóudí de xìngméng , dān qiú zhìhuì kĕyǐ tīng sòng ,

Lièwángjìshang 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 3:11

And God said unto him
Being yet in a dream:

because thou hast asked this thing;
wisdom for government:

and hast not asked for thyself long life;
which is naturally desired by men, and always reckoned a great temporal blessing, and especially to be wished for by a king living in great pomp and splendour:

neither hast asked riches for thyself;
to support his grandeur; for though David his father had left him much, yet not for himself, but for the building of the temple:

nor hast asked the life of thine enemies;
victory over them, and to have it in his power to take away their lives when he pleased; which kings, and especially tyrants, are desirous of, such as are ambitious, haughty, and revengeful:

but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
where the right of a cause lay, that so he might make a right judgment of it, and pass a righteous sentence, a sentence not to the injury of any.

Lièwángjìshang 3:11 In-Context

9 Suǒyǐ qiú nǐ cì wǒ zhìhuì , kĕyǐ pànduàn nǐde mín , néng biànbié shìfēi . bù rán , shuí néng pànduàn zhè zhòngduō de mín ne .

10 Suǒluómén yīnwei qiú zhè shì , jiù méng zhǔ xǐyuè .

11 Shén duì tā shuō , nǐ jìrán qiú zhè shì , bú wèi zìjǐ qiú shòu , qiú fù , yĕ bù qiú mièjué nǐ chóudí de xìngméng , dān qiú zhìhuì kĕyǐ tīng sòng ,

12 Wǒ jiù yīngyún nǐ suǒ qiú de , cì nǐ cōngming zhìhuì , shènzhì zaì nǐ yǐqián méiyǒu xiàng nǐde , zaì nǐ yǐhòu yĕ méiyǒu xiàng nǐde .

13 Nǐ suǒ méiyǒu qiú de , wǒ yĕ cìgĕi nǐ , jiù shì fùzú , zūnróng , shǐ nǐ zaì shì de rìzi , liè wáng zhōng méiyǒu yī gè néng bǐ nǐde .