1 Reyes 3

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3 Y Salomón hizo parentesco con el Faraón rey de Egipto, porque tomó por mujer a la hija de Faraón, y la trajo a la ciudad de David, entre tanto que acababa de edificar su casa, y la casa del SEÑOR, y los muros de Jerusalén alrededor.

²Hasta entonces el pueblo sacrificaba en los lugares altos; porque aún no había casa edificada al nombre del SEÑOR hasta aquellos tiempos.

³Mas Salomón amó al SEÑOR, andando en los estatutos de su padre David; solamente sacrificaba y quemaba perfumes en los lugares altos.

⁴E iba el rey a Gabaón, porque aquel era el lugar alto principal, y sacrificaba allí, mil holocaustos sacrificaba Salomón sobre aquel altar.

⁵¶ Y se le apareció el SEÑOR a Salomón en Gabaón una noche en sueños, y le dijo Dios: Pide lo que quisieres que yo te dé.

⁶Y Salomón dijo: Tú hiciste gran misericordia a tu esclavo David mi padre, según la manera que él anduvo delante de ti con verdad, con justicia, y con rectitud de corazón para contigo; y tú le has guardado ésta tu grande misericordia, que le diste hijo que se sentara en su trono, como sucede en este día.

⁷Ahora pues, SEÑOR Dios mío, tú me has puesto a mí tu esclavo por rey en lugar de David mi padre; y yo soy muy joven, que no sé cómo entrar ni salir.

⁸Y tu esclavo está en medio de tu pueblo al cual tú elegiste; un pueblo grande, que no se puede contar ni numerar por su multitud.

⁹Da pues a tu esclavo corazón dócil para juzgar a tu pueblo, para que pueda discernir entre lo bueno y lo malo; porque ¿quién podrá gobernar éste tu pueblo tan grande?

¹⁰Y agradó delante del Señor que Salomón pidiera esto.

¹¹Y le dijo Dios: Porque has demandado esto, y no pediste para ti muchos días, ni pediste para ti riquezas, ni pediste la vida de tus enemigos, mas demandaste para ti entendimiento para oír juicio;

¹²he aquí lo he hecho conforme a tus palabras; he aquí que te he dado corazón sabio y entendido, tanto que no ha habido antes de ti otro como tú, ni después de ti se levantará otro como tú.

¹³Y aun también te he dado las cosas que no pediste, riquezas y gloria; tal, que entre los reyes ninguno haya como tú en todos tus días.

¹⁴Y si anduvieres en mis caminos, guardando mis estatutos y mis mandamientos, como anduvo David tu padre, yo alargaré tus días.

¹⁵Y cuando Salomón despertó, vio que era sueño; y vino a Jerusalén, y se presentó delante del arca del pacto del SEÑOR, y sacrificó holocaustos, e hizo pacíficos; hizo también banquete a todos sus esclavos.

¹⁶¶ En aquella sazón vinieron dos mujeres rameras al rey, y se presentaron delante de él.

¹⁷Y dijo una mujer: ¡Ruego, señor mío! Yo y esta mujer morábamos en una misma casa, y yo di a luz estando con ella en la casa.

¹⁸Y aconteció al tercer día después que yo di a luz, que ésta dio a luz también, y morábamos nosotras juntas; ningún extraño estaba en casa, sino nosotras dos en la casa.

¹⁹Y una noche el hijo de esta mujer murió, porque ella se acostó sobre él.

²⁰Y se levantó a medianoche, y tomó a mi hijo de junto a mí, estando yo tu esclava durmiendo, y lo puso a su lado, y me puso a mi lado su hijo muerto.

²¹Y cuando yo me levanté por la mañana para dar el pecho a mi hijo, he aquí que estaba muerto; mas le observé a la luz del día, y vi que no era mi hijo, que yo había dado a luz.

²²Entonces la otra mujer dijo: No; mi hijo es el que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto. Y la otra volvió a decir: No; tu hijo es el muerto, y mi hijo es el que vive. Así hablaban delante del rey.

²³El rey entonces dijo: Esta dice: Mi hijo es el que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto; y la otra dice: No, mas el tuyo es el muerto, y mi hijo es el que vive.

²⁴Entonces dijo el rey: Traedme una espada. Y trajeron al rey una espada.

²⁵Y el rey dijo: Partid por en medio al niño vivo, y dad la mitad a la una, y la otra mitad a la otra.

²⁶Entonces la mujer de quien era el hijo vivo, habló al rey (porque sus entrañas se le conmovieron por su hijo), y dijo: ¡Ruego, señor mío! Dad a ésta el niño vivo, y no lo matéis. Mas la otra dijo: Ni a mí ni a ti; sino partidlo.

²⁷Entonces el rey respondió, y dijo: Dad a aquella el hijo vivo, y no lo matéis: ella es su madre.

²⁸Y todo Israel oyó aquel juicio que había juzgado el rey; y temieron al rey, porque vieron que había en él sabiduría de Dios para juzgar.

1 Reyes 3

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Salomón pide sabiduría^(A)

3 Salomón entró en alianza con el faraón, rey de Egipto, casándose con su hija, a la cual llevó a la Ciudad de David mientras terminaba de construir su palacio, el templo del Señor y el muro alrededor de Jerusalén. ²Como aún no se había construido un templo en honor al nombre del Señor, el pueblo seguía ofreciendo sacrificios en los lugares altos. ³Salomón amaba al Señor y cumplía los decretos de su padre David. Sin embargo, también iba a los santuarios locales para ofrecer sacrificios y quemar incienso.

⁴Como en Gabaón estaba el santuario más importante, Salomón acostumbraba a ir al lugar para ofrecer sacrificios. Allí ofreció mil holocaustos; ⁵y en ese mismo sitio se apareció el Señor en un sueño y le dijo:

—Pídeme lo que quieras.

⁶Salomón respondió:

—Tú trataste con mucho amor a tu siervo David, mi padre, pues se condujo delante de ti con lealtad, justicia y honestidad.^[a] Y como hoy se puede ver, has reafirmado tu gran amor al concederle que un hijo suyo lo suceda en el trono.

⁷»Ahora, Señor mi Dios, me has hecho rey en lugar de mi padre David. No soy más que un muchacho y apenas sé cómo comportarme. ⁸Sin embargo, aquí me tienes, un siervo tuyo en medio del pueblo que has escogido, un pueblo tan numeroso que es imposible contarlo. ⁹Yo te ruego que des a tu siervo discernimiento para gobernar a tu pueblo y para distinguir entre el bien y el mal. De lo contrario, ¿quién podrá gobernar a este gran pueblo tuyo?».

¹⁰Al Señor le agradó que Salomón hubiera hecho esa petición. ¹¹Y Dios le dijo:

—Como has pedido esto, y no larga vida ni riquezas para ti, ni has pedido la muerte de tus enemigos, sino discernimiento para administrar justicia, ¹²voy a concederte lo que has pedido. Te daré un corazón sabio y prudente, como nadie antes de ti lo ha tenido ni lo tendrá después. ¹³Además, aunque no me lo has pedido, te daré tantas riquezas y esplendor que en toda tu vida ningún rey podrá compararse contigo. ¹⁴Si andas por mis caminos y obedeces mis estatutos y mandamientos, como lo hizo tu padre David, te daré una larga vida.

¹⁵Cuando Salomón despertó y se dio cuenta del sueño que había tenido, regresó a Jerusalén. Se presentó ante el arca del pacto del Señor y ofreció holocaustos y sacrificios de comunión. Luego ofreció un banquete para toda su corte.

Un gobernante sabio

¹⁶Tiempo después, dos prostitutas fueron a presentarse ante el rey. ¹⁷Una de ellas le dijo:

—Mi señor, esta mujer y yo vivimos en la misma casa. Mientras ella estaba allí conmigo, yo di a luz ¹⁸y a los tres días también ella dio a luz. No había en la casa nadie más que nosotras dos.

¹⁹»Pues bien, una noche esta mujer se acostó encima de su hijo y el niño murió. ²⁰Pero ella se levantó a medianoche, mientras yo dormía, y, tomando a mi hijo, lo acostó junto a ella y puso a su hijo muerto a mi lado. ²¹Cuando amaneció, me levanté para amamantar a mi hijo, ¡y me di cuenta de que estaba muerto! Pero, al clarear el día, lo observé bien y pude ver que no era el hijo que yo había dado a luz».

²²—¡No es cierto! —exclamó la otra mujer—. ¡El niño que está vivo es el mío y el muerto es el tuyo!

—¡Mientes! —insistió la primera—. El niño muerto es el tuyo y el que está vivo es el mío.

Y se pusieron a discutir delante del rey.

²³El rey deliberó: «Una dice: “El niño que está vivo es el mío y el muerto es el tuyo”. Y la otra dice: “¡No es cierto! El niño muerto es el tuyo y el que está vivo es el mío”».

²⁴Entonces ordenó:

—Tráiganme una espada.

Cuando se la trajeron, ²⁵dijo:

—Partan en dos al niño que está vivo y denle una mitad a esta y la otra mitad a aquella.

²⁶La verdadera madre, angustiada por su hijo, dijo al rey:

—¡Por favor, mi señor! ¡Dele usted a ella el niño que está vivo, pero no lo mate!

En cambio, la otra exclamó:

—¡Ni para mí ni para ti! ¡Que lo partan!

²⁷Entonces el rey ordenó:

—No lo maten. Entréguenle a la primera el niño que está vivo, pues ella es la madre.

²⁸Cuando todos los israelitas se enteraron de la sentencia que el rey había pronunciado, sintieron un gran respeto por él, pues vieron que tenía sabiduría de Dios para administrar justicia.

Footnotes

3:6 honestidad. Lit. con un corazón recto. En la Biblia, corazón se usa para designar el asiento de las emociones, pensamientos y voluntad, es decir, el proceso de toma de decisiones del ser humano.

1 Kings 3

New King James Version

Solomon Requests Wisdom^(A)

3 Now ^(B)Solomon made ^[a]a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he brought her ^(C)to the City of David until he had finished building his ^(D)own house, and ^(E)the house of the Lord, and ^(F)the wall all around Jerusalem. ²^(G)Meanwhile the people sacrificed at the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days. ³And Solomon ^(H)loved the Lord, ^(I)walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.

⁴Now ^(J)the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, ^(K)for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. ⁵^(L)At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon ^(M)in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask! What shall I give you?”

⁶^(N)And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he ^(O)walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You ^(P)have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. ⁷Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a ^(Q)little child; I do not know how ^(R)to go out or come in. ⁸And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You ^(S)have chosen, a great people, ^(T)too numerous to be numbered or counted. ⁹^(U)Therefore give to Your servant an ^[b]understanding heart ^(V)to judge Your people, that I may ^(W)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

¹⁰The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. ¹¹Then God said to him: “Because you have asked this thing, and have ^(X)not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, ¹²^(Y)behold, I have done according to your words; ^(Z)see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you. ¹³And I have also ^(AA)given you what you have not asked: both ^(AB)riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days. ¹⁴So ^(AC)if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, ^(AD)as your father David walked, then I will ^(AE)lengthen^[c] your days.”

¹⁵Then Solomon ^(AF)awoke; and indeed it had been a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and ^(AG)made a feast for all his servants.

Solomon’s Wise Judgment

¹⁶Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and ^(AH)stood before him. ¹⁷And one woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house. ¹⁸Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; ^[d]no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house. ¹⁹And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him. ²⁰So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. ²¹And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne.”

²²Then the other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.”

And the first woman said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.”

Thus they spoke before the king.

²³And the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ” ²⁴Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king. ²⁵And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”

²⁶Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for ^(AI)she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!”

But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.”

²⁷So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”

²⁸And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the ^(AJ)wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Footnotes

1 Kings 3:1 an alliance
1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing
1 Kings 3:14 prolong
1 Kings 3:18 Lit. no stranger

1 Kings 3

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Solomon Asks for Wisdom^(A)

3 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married^(B) his daughter.^(C) He brought her to the City of David^(D) until he finished building his palace^(E) and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. ²The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places,^(F) because a temple had not yet been built for the Name^(G) of the Lord. ³Solomon showed his love^(H) for the Lord by walking^(I) according to the instructions^(J) given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.^(K)

⁴The king went to Gibeon^(L) to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. ⁵At Gibeon the Lord appeared^(M) to Solomon during the night in a dream,^(N) and God said, “Ask^(O) for whatever you want me to give you.”

⁶Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful^(P) to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son^(Q) to sit on his throne this very day.

⁷“Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child^(R) and do not know how to carry out my duties. ⁸Your servant is here among the people you have chosen,^(S) a great people, too numerous to count or number.^(T) ⁹So give your servant a discerning^(U) heart to govern your people and to distinguish^(V) between right and wrong. For who is able^(W) to govern this great people of yours?”

¹⁰The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. ¹¹So God said to him, “Since you have asked^(X) for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment^(Y) in administering justice, ¹²I will do what you have asked.^(Z) I will give you a wise^(AA) and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. ¹³Moreover, I will give you what you have not^(AB) asked for—both wealth and honor^(AC)—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal^(AD) among kings. ¹⁴And if you walk^(AE) in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”^(AF) ¹⁵Then Solomon awoke^(AG)—and he realized it had been a dream.^(AH)

He returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant and sacrificed burnt offerings^(AI) and fellowship offerings.^(AJ) Then he gave a feast^(AK) for all his court.

A Wise Ruling

¹⁶Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. ¹⁷One of them said, “Pardon me, my lord. This woman and I live in the same house, and I had a baby while she was there with me. ¹⁸The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us.

¹⁹“During the night this woman’s son died because she lay on him. ²⁰So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast. ²¹The next morning, I got up to nurse my son—and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t the son I had borne.”

²²The other woman said, “No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours.”

But the first one insisted, “No! The dead one is yours; the living one is mine.” And so they argued before the king.

²³The king said, “This one says, ‘My son is alive and your son is dead,’ while that one says, ‘No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.’”

²⁴Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword for the king. ²⁵He then gave an order: “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

²⁶The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved^(AL) out of love for her son and said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!”

But the other said, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”

²⁷Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.”

²⁸When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom^(AM) from God to administer justice.

1 Kings 3

King James Version

3 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

²Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.

³And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

⁴And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

⁵In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

⁶And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

⁷And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

⁸And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

⁹Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

¹⁰And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

¹¹And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

¹²Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

¹³And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

¹⁴And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

¹⁵And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

¹⁶Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

¹⁷And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

¹⁸And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

¹⁹And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

²⁰And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

²¹And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

²²And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

²³Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

²⁴And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

²⁵And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

²⁶Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

²⁷Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

²⁸And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

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