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3 Entonces Salomón se emparentó con Faraón, rey de Egipto, pues tomó por esposa a la hija de Faraón y la trajo a la ciudad de David(A) mientras acababa de edificar su casa, la casa del Señor(B) y la muralla alrededor de Jerusalén(C). 2 Solo que el pueblo sacrificaba en los lugares altos(D), porque en aquellos días aún no se había edificado casa al nombre del Señor.
Sabiduría de Salomón
3 (E)Salomón amaba al Señor(F), andando en los estatutos de su padre David(G), aunque[a] sacrificaba y quemaba incienso en los lugares altos. 4 El rey fue a Gabaón(H) a sacrificar allí, porque ese era el lugar alto principal(I). Salomón ofreció mil holocaustos sobre ese altar. 5 Y en Gabaón el Señor se apareció a Salomón(J) de noche en sueños(K), y Dios le dijo: «Pide lo que quieras que Yo te dé(L)».
6 Entonces Salomón le respondió: «Tú has mostrado gran misericordia a Tu siervo David mi padre(M), según él anduvo delante de Ti con fidelidad, justicia y rectitud de corazón hacia Ti(N); y has guardado para él esta gran misericordia, en que le has dado un hijo que se siente en su trono, como sucede hoy(O). 7 Ahora, Señor Dios mío, has hecho a Tu siervo rey en lugar de mi padre David(P), aunque soy un muchacho(Q) y no sé cómo salir ni entrar(R). 8 Tu siervo está en medio de Tu pueblo al cual escogiste(S), un pueblo inmenso que no se puede numerar ni contar por su multitud(T). 9 Da, pues, a Tu siervo un corazón con entendimiento[b] para juzgar a Tu pueblo y para discernir entre el bien y el mal(U). Pues ¿quién será capaz de juzgar a este pueblo Tuyo tan grande[c](V)?».
10 Fue[d] del agrado a los ojos del Señor que Salomón pidiera esto. 11 Y Dios le dijo: «Porque has pedido esto y no has pedido para ti larga vida[e](W), ni has pedido para ti riquezas, ni has pedido la vida de tus enemigos, sino que has pedido para ti inteligencia para administrar[f] justicia, 12 he hecho, pues, conforme a tus palabras(X). Te he dado un corazón sabio y entendido, de modo que no ha habido ninguno como tú antes de ti, ni se levantará ninguno como tú después de ti(Y). 13 También te he dado lo que no has pedido, tanto riquezas como gloria(Z), de modo que no habrá entre los reyes ninguno como tú en todos tus días(AA). 14 Y si andas en Mis caminos, guardando Mis estatutos y Mis mandamientos como tu padre David anduvo, entonces prolongaré tus días(AB)».
15 Salomón se despertó y vio que había sido un sueño(AC). Entró en Jerusalén y se puso delante del arca del pacto del Señor. Ofreció holocaustos e hizo ofrendas de paz y también dio un banquete para todos sus siervos(AD).
16 Por ese tiempo dos mujeres que eran rameras, vinieron al rey y se presentaron delante de él. 17 Y una de las mujeres dijo: «Oh, mi señor, yo y esta mujer vivimos en la misma casa; y yo di a luz estando con ella en la casa. 18 Y sucedió que al tercer día después de dar yo a luz, esta mujer también dio a luz; estábamos juntas, nadie de fuera estaba con nosotras en la casa, solamente nosotras dos. 19 Y el hijo de esta mujer murió durante la noche, porque ella se durmió sobre él. 20 Entonces ella se levantó a medianoche, tomó a mi hijo de mi lado mientras su sierva estaba dormida y lo puso en su regazo[g], y a su hijo muerto lo puso en mi regazo[h]. 21 Cuando me levanté al amanecer para dar el pecho a mi hijo, vi que estaba muerto; pero cuando lo observé con cuidado por la mañana, vi que no era mi hijo, el que yo había dado a luz». 22 Entonces la otra mujer dijo: «No, pues mi hijo es el que vive y tu hijo es el muerto». Pero la primera mujer dijo[i]: «No, tu hijo es el muerto y mi hijo es el que vive». Así hablaban ellas delante del rey.
23 Entonces el rey dijo: «Esta dice: “Este es mi hijo que está vivo y tu hijo es el muerto”; y la otra dice: “No, porque tu hijo es el muerto y mi hijo es el que vive”». 24 Y el rey dijo: «Tráiganme una espada». Y trajeron una espada al rey. 25 Entonces el rey dijo: «Partan al niño vivo en dos, y den la mitad a una y la otra mitad a la otra». 26 Entonces la mujer de quien era el niño vivo habló al rey, pues estaba profundamente conmovida[j](AE) por su hijo, y dijo: «Oh, mi señor, déle a ella el niño vivo, y de ninguna manera lo mate». Pero la otra decía: «No será ni mío ni tuyo; pártanlo». 27 Entonces el rey respondió: «Den el niño vivo a la primera mujer[k], y de ninguna manera lo maten. Ella es la madre». 28 Cuando todo Israel oyó del juicio que el rey había pronunciado[l], temieron al rey, porque vieron que la sabiduría de Dios estaba en él para administrar justicia(AF).
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. 3 And 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.
4 Now (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. 7 Now, 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. 8 And 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?”
10 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 Then 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. 13 And 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. 14 So (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.”
15 Then 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
16 Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and (AH)stood before him. 17 And 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. 18 Then 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. 19 And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him. 20 So 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. 21 And 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.”
22 Then 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.
23 And 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.’ ” 24 Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”
26 Then 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.”
27 So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”
28 And 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
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.
2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.
3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
4 And 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.
5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
6 And 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.
7 And 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.
8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
9 Give 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?
10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
11 And 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;
12 Behold, 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.
13 And 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.
14 And 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.
15 And 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.
16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
17 And 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.
18 And 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.
19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20 And 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.
21 And 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.
22 And 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.
23 Then 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.
24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword 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 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.
27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28 And 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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