1 Reyes 3:9

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9 Dame un coraz贸n comprensivo para que pueda gobernar bien a tu pueblo, y sepa la diferencia entre el bien y el mal. Pues, 驴qui茅n puede gobernar por su propia cuenta a este gran pueblo tuyo?

1 Reyes 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.

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1 Reyes 3:9 In-Context

7 禄Ahora pues, Se帽or
mi Dios, t煤 me has hecho rey en lugar de mi padre, David, pero soy como un ni帽o peque帽o que no sabe por d贸nde ir.
8 Sin embargo, aqu铆 estoy en medio de tu pueblo escogido, 隆una naci贸n tan grande y numerosa que no se puede contar!
9 Dame un coraz贸n comprensivo para que pueda gobernar bien a tu pueblo, y sepa la diferencia entre el bien y el mal. Pues, 驴qui茅n puede gobernar por su propia cuenta a este gran pueblo tuyo?
10 Al Se帽or le agrad贸 que Salom贸n pidiera sabidur铆a.
11 As铆 que le respondi贸:
鈥擟omo pediste sabidur铆a para gobernar a mi pueblo con justicia y no has pedido una larga vida, ni riqueza, ni la muerte de tus enemigos,
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