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1 Kings 3:5-12

In Gibeon
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the LORD
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appeared
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to Solomon
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in a dream
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by night
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and God
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said
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Ask
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what I shall give
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thee.
And Solomon
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said
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Thou hast shewed
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unto thy servant
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David
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my father
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great
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mercy
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according as he walked
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before
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thee in truth
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and in righteousness
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and in uprightness
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of heart
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with thee; and thou hast kept
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for him this great
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kindness
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that thou hast given
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him a son
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to sit
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on his throne
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as [it is] this day
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{mercy: or, bounty}
And now, O LORD
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my God
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thou hast made thy servant
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king
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instead of David
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my father
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and I [am but] a little
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child
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I know
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not [how] to go out
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or come in
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And thy servant
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[is] in the midst
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of thy people
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which thou hast chosen
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a great
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people
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that cannot be numbered
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nor counted
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for multitude
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Give
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therefore thy servant
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an understanding
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heart
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to judge
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thy people
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that I may discern
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between good
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and bad
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for who is able
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to judge
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this thy so great
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a people
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{understanding: Heb. hearing}
And the speech
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pleased
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the Lord
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that Solomon
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had asked
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this thing
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And God
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said
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unto him, Because thou hast asked
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this thing
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and hast not asked
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for thyself long
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life
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neither hast asked
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riches
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for thyself, nor hast asked
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the life
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of thine enemies
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but hast asked
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for thyself understanding
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to discern
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judgment
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{long life: Heb. many days} {discern: Heb. hear}
Behold, I have done
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according to thy words
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lo, I have given
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thee a wise
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and an understanding
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heart
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so that there was none like thee before
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thee, neither after
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thee shall any arise
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like unto thee.


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