1 Kings 3:8-16

⁸I, your servant, am here in among your chosen people, a great people that are so many they cannot be counted.

⁹So please give me a mind that's receptive so I can rule your people well, understanding the difference between right and wrong, for who can rule this difficult people of yours?”

¹⁰The Lord considered that what Solomon asked for was good.

¹¹So God told him, “Because you asked for this, and you didn't ask for a long life, or wealth, or the death of your enemies, but instead you asked for understanding to know what is right,

¹²I am giving you what you asked for. I am giving you a mind that is wise, with an understanding of what is right, more than anyone else before you or after you.

¹³I am also giving you what you did not ask for, wealth and status—so much so that no king will compare to you for the whole of your life.

¹⁴And if you follow my ways by keeping my laws and my commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”

¹⁵Then Solomon woke up and realized he'd had a dream. He went back to Jerusalem, and stood in front of the Ark of the Lord's Agreement and he presented burnt offerings and friendship offerings, and he held a feast for all his officials.

¹⁶Later two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him for judgment.