Lièwángjìshang 3:9

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

Lièwángjìshang 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 3:9

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy
people
Not an understanding of things spiritual, nor of things natural, though both were given him, but of things political, what related to the civil government, that he might be able to judge or rule the people of Israel in the best manner:

that I may discern between good and bad;
not merely between moral good and evil, of which he had a discernment; but between right and wrong in any case or controversy that came before him between man and man, that so he might be able to pass a right sentence, and do justice to every one:

for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
who are so very numerous, and have so many causes to be heard and and those many of them very intricate and difficult; so that no man is equal to such arduous work, unless he has more than an ordinary capacity given him by the Lord.

Lièwángjìshang 3:9 In-Context

7 Yēhéhuá wǒde shén a , rújīn nǐ shǐ púrén jiēxù wǒ fùqin Dàwèi zuò wáng . dàn wǒ shì yòu tóng , bù zhīdào yīngdāng zĕnyàng chūrù .

8 Púrén zhù zaì nǐ suǒ jiǎnxuǎn de mín zhōng , zhè mín duō dé bùkĕ shēng shǔ .

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 ,