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1 Kings 3:9
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Please make me wise and teach me the difference between right and wrong. Then I will know how to rule your people. If you don't, there is no way I could rule this great nation of yours.
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1 Kings 3:12
So I'll make you wiser than anyone who has ever lived or ever will live.
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1 Kings 3:10-11
God said: Solomon, I'm pleased that you asked for this. You could have asked to live a long time or to be rich. Or you could have asked for your enemies to be destroyed. Instead, you asked for wisdom to make right decisions.
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1 Kings 3:13
I'll also give you what you didn't ask for. You'll be rich and respected as long as you live, and you'll be greater than any other king.
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1 Kings 3:14
If you obey me and follow my commands, as your father David did, I'll let you live a long time.
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1 Kings 3:5
One night while Solomon was in Gibeon, the LORD God appeared to him in a dream and said, “Solomon, ask for anything you want, and I will give it to you.”
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1 Kings 3:7
LORD God, I'm your servant, and you've made me king in my father's place. But I'm very young and know so little about being a leader.
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1 Kings 3:6
Solomon answered: My father David, your servant, was honest and did what you commanded. You were always loyal to him, and you gave him a son who is now king.
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1 Kings 3:8
And now I must rule your chosen people, even though there are too many of them to count.
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