1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.2 The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.3 Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude.9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,12 behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.13 I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”15 And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.16 Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.17 The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.18 Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were alone. There was no one else with us in the house; only we two were in the house.19 And this woman's son died in the night, because she lay on him.20 And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne.”22 But the other woman said, “No, the living child is mine, and the dead child is yours.” The first said, “No, the dead child is yours, and the living child is mine.” Thus they spoke before the king.23 Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead’; and the other says, ‘No; but your son is dead, and my son is the living one.’”24 And the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought before the king.25 And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”26 Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because her heart yearned for her son, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him.”27 Then the king answered and said, “Give the living child to the first woman, and by no means put him to death; she is his mother.”28 And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
2 Chronicles 1
1 At si Salomon na anak ni David ay tumibay sa kaniyang kaharian, at ang Panginoon niyang Dios ay sumakaniya, at pinadakila siyang mainam.2 At si Salomon ay nagsalita sa buong Israel, sa mga pinunong kawal ng lilibuhin at dadaanin, at sa mga hukom, at sa bawa't prinsipe sa buong Israel, na mga pangulo ng mga sangbahayan ng mga magulang.3 Sa gayo'y si Salomon, at ang buong kapisanan na kasama niya, ay naparoon sa mataas na dako na nasa Gabaon; sapagka't nandoon ang tabernakulo ng kapisanan ng Dios, na ginawa sa ilang ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon.4 Nguni't ang kaban ng Dios ay iniahon ni David mula sa Chiriath-jearim hanggang sa dakong pinaghandaan ni David: sapagka't kaniyang ipinagtayo ng tolda sa Jerusalem.5 Bukod dito'y ang dambanang tanso na ginawa ni Bezaleel na anak ni Uri, na anak ni Hur, ay nandoon sa harap ng tabernakulo ng Panginoon: at doo'y sumangguni si Salomon at ang buong kapisanan.6 At si Salomon ay sumampa roon sa dambanang tanso sa harap ng Panginoon, na nasa tabernakulo ng kapisanan, at naghandog ng isang libong handog na susunugin doon.7 Nang gabing yaon ay napakita ang Dios kay Salomon, at nagsabi sa kaniya, Hingin mo kung ano ang ibibigay ko sa iyo.8 At sinabi ni Salomon sa Dios, Ikaw ay nagpakita ng malaking kagandahang loob kay David na aking ama, at ginawa mo akong hari na kahalili niya.9 Ngayon, Oh Panginoong Dios, itatag mo ang iyong pangako kay David na aking ama: sapagka't ginawa mo akong hari sa bayang gaya ng alabok ng lupa sa karamihan.10 Bigyan mo ako ngayon ng karunungan at kaalaman, upang ako'y makapaglabas pumasok sa harap ng bayang ito: sapagka't sinong makahahatol dito sa iyong bayan na totoong malaki?11 At sinabi ng Dios kay Salomon, Sapagka't ito ang sumaiyong puso, at hindi ka humingi ng kayamanan, pag-aari o karangalan o ng buhay man ng nangapopoot sa iyo, o humingi ka kaya ng mahabang buhay; kundi humingi ka ng karunungan at kaalaman sa ganang iyong sarili, upang iyong mahatulan ang aking bayan, na aking pinaggawan sa iyo na hari:12 Karunungan at kaalaman ay nabigay sa iyo; at bibigyan kita ng kayamanan, at pag-aari, at karangalan na walang hari na una sa iyo na nagkaroon ng ganyan, o sinoman ay magkakaroon ng gayong pagkamatay mo.13 Sa gayo'y dumating si Salomon mula sa mataas na dako na nasa Gabaon, mula sa harap ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan hanggang sa Jerusalem; at siya'y naghari sa Israel.14 At si Salomon ay nagpisan ng mga karo at mga mangangabayo: at siya'y mayroong isang libo at apat na raang karo, at labing dalawang libong mangangabayo, na kaniyang inilagay sa bayan ng mga karo, at kasama ng hari sa Jerusalem.15 At ginawa ng hari ang pilak at ginto na maging gaya ng mga bato sa Jerusalem, at ang mga sedro na maging gaya ng mga sikomoro na nangasa mababang lupa dahil sa kasaganaan.16 At ang mga kabayo na tinatangkilik ni Salomon ay inilabas sa Egipto; ang mga mangangalakal ng hari ay nagsitanggap sa kanila ng mga kawan, na bawa't kawan ay sa halaga.17 At kanilang iniaahon at inilalabas sa Egipto ang isang karo sa halagang anim na raang siklong pilak, at ang isang kabayo sa isang daan at limangpu: at gayon sa lahat na hari ng mga Hetheo, at sa mga hari sa Siria, kanilang mga inilalabas sa pamamagitan nila.
