1 Kings 3:3–14

³And Solomon ^floved the Lord, ^gwalking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. ⁴And the king went to ^hGibeon to sacrifice there; ⁱfor that was the great ^jhigh place: a ^kthousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

^5lIn Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon ^min 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 ⁿwalked 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 ^ohast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. ⁷And now, O Lord my God, ^pthou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but ^qa little child: I know not how ^rto go out or come in. ⁸And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou ^shast chosen, a great people, ^tthat cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. ^9uGive therefore thy servant an ^†understanding heart ^xto judge thy people, that I may ^ydiscern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? ¹⁰And the speech ^zpleased 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; ^12aBehold, I have done according to thy words: ^blo, 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 ^cgiven thee that which thou hast not asked, both ^driches, 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, ^eas thy father David did walk, then I will ^flengthen thy days.