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1 Reis 3:11

Listen to 1 Reis 3:11
11 Por isso Deus lhe disse: “Já que você pediu isso e não uma vida longa nem riqueza, nem pediu a morte dos seus inimigos, mas discernimento para ministrar a justiça,

1 Reis 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.

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1 Reis 3:11 In-Context

9 Dá, pois, ao teu servo um coração cheio de discernimento para governar o teu povo e capaz de distinguir entre o bem e o mal. Pois quem pode governar este teu grande povo?”
10 O pedido que Salomão fez agradou ao Senhor.
11 Por isso Deus lhe disse: “Já que você pediu isso e não uma vida longa nem riqueza, nem pediu a morte dos seus inimigos, mas discernimento para ministrar a justiça,
12 farei o que você pediu. Eu darei a você um coração sábio e capaz de discernir, de modo que nunca houve nem haverá ninguém como você.
13 Também darei o que você não pediu: riquezas e fama, de forma que não haverá rei igual a você durante toda a sua vida.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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