1 Kings 3 (NET)

1 Kings 3:1¹Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:241 Kgs 11:11 Kgs 6:1-7:151 Kgs 9:15-192 Chr 2:1-42 Chr 8:112 Sam 5:71 Chr 11:72 Chr 18:1Ezra 5:11

1 Kings 3:2²Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:432 Chr 33:17Deut 12:2-5Lev 26:301 Chr 17:4-61 Chr 28:3-61 Kgs 5:3Acts 7:47-49Lev 17:3-6

1 Kings 3:3³Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following the practices of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 8:3Ps 31:23Deut 30:16Deut 6:51 Kgs 3:141 Kgs 3:6Deut 10:12Deut 30:20Deut 30:61 Chr 28:8-9

1 Kings 3:4⁴The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up 1,000 burnt sacrifices on the altar there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 16:392 Chr 1:32 Chr 7:51 Chr 21:292 Chr 1:6-12Isa 40:16Josh 9:31 Kgs 8:632 Chr 29:32-352 Chr 30:24

1 Kings 3:5⁵One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell me what I should give you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:2Jas 1:5-62 Chr 1:7-12Num 12:6John 14:13-14Gen 28:12-13Mark 10:36Matt 2:131 Kgs 11:9John 15:16

1 Kings 3:6⁶Solomon replied, “You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:41 Kgs 1:481 Kgs 2:42 Cor 9:112 Sam 7:8-121 Chr 29:12-142 Cor 9:52 Kgs 20:32 Sam 12:7-82 Sam 7:5

1 Kings 3:7⁷Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:1Num 27:17Jer 1:6Matt 18:3-41 Sam 18:162 Sam 5:2Dan 2:21Dan 4:25Dan 4:32Dan 5:18

1 Kings 3:8⁸Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 15:51 Chr 21:2Gen 13:16Gen 22:171 Chr 21:5-61 Chr 27:23-241 Sam 12:22Deut 7:6-8Exod 19:5-6Ps 78:71

1 Kings 3:9⁹So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:5Heb 5:14Prov 16:16John 5:30Prov 2:3-92 Sam 14:17Prov 3:13-181 Chr 22:12Isa 11:2-41 Cor 2:14-15

1 Kings 3:10¹⁰The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:8

1 Kings 3:11¹¹God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 4:2-3Rom 8:261 Kgs 3:9Prov 16:31Matt 20:21-22Ps 4:6

1 Kings 3:12¹²I grant your request and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 5:14-15Eccl 1:16Matt 12:421 Kgs 5:121 Kgs 10:23-241 Kgs 3:28Rom 8:26-272 Chr 2:12Isa 65:24Luke 21:15

1 Kings 3:13¹³Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request—riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 3:20Matt 6:33Prov 3:16Rom 8:321 Kgs 4:21-24Ps 84:11-121 Kgs 10:23-291 Cor 3:22-23

1 Kings 3:14¹⁴If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 3:2Ps 91:161 Kgs 15:5Zech 3:71 Kgs 2:3-41 Kgs 3:62 Chr 34:2Prov 3:161 Chr 22:12-131 Chr 28:9

1 Kings 3:15¹⁵Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:65Gen 41:7Dan 5:1Esth 1:31 Chr 16:1-21 Kgs 8:632 Chr 30:22-262 Chr 7:52 Chr 7:7-102 Sam 6:17-19

1 Kings 3:16¹⁶Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 18:16Judg 11:1Deut 23:17Josh 2:1Lev 19:29Num 27:2

1 Kings 3:17¹⁷One of the women said, “My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 3:18¹⁸Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 3:19¹⁹This woman’s child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 3:20²⁰She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 3:20Matt 13:25Job 24:13-17Ps 139:11

1 Kings 3:21²¹I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 1:23Gen 21:7

1 Kings 3:22²²The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 3:23²³The king said, “One says, ‘My son is alive; your son is dead,’ while the other says, ‘No, your son is dead; my son is alive.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 3:24²⁴The king ordered, “Get me a sword.” So they placed a sword before the king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 3:25²⁵The king then said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 25:8

1 Kings 3:26²⁶The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were awakened. She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him. Let them cut him in two!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 49:15Jer 31:201 John 3:17Gen 43:30Hos 11:8Phil 1:8Phil 2:12 Tim 3:3Ps 39:3Rom 1:31

1 Kings 3:27²⁷The king responded, “Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 3:28²⁸When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed divine wisdom to make judicial decisions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:9-12Col 2:3Dan 2:471 Cor 1:24Dan 2:21Eccl 7:19Prov 24:21Ezra 7:251 Chr 29:241 Cor 1:30