(A)Therefore give to Your servant an [a]understanding heart (B)to judge Your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing

So give your servant a discerning(A) heart to govern your people and to distinguish(B) between right and wrong. For who is able(C) to govern this great people of yours?”

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10 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

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10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.

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29 And (A)God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.

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Solomon’s Wisdom

29 God gave Solomon wisdom(A) and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand(B) on the seashore.

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(A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and (C)it will be given to him.

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If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,(A) who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.(B)

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