1 Kings 3:9
Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy great people?
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In Context
10And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing.
Cross References
Exodus 3:11And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and that I should bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt?
2 Samuel 14:17And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious— well: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee.
1 Kings 10:24And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord had put into his heart.
1 Chronicles 29:19And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform thy commandments, and to observe thy testimonies, and thine ordinances, and to accomplish the building of thy house.
Psalms 72:1A Psalm for Asaph. 1 How good is God to Israel, 1 To the upright in heart! 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:6-16
God's Appearance to Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 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 showed 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… Read the whole commentary →