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Salomon beder om visdom

1 Salomon gik derefter i forbund med Egypten ved at gifte sig med en datter af den egyptiske konge. Han førte hende til Davidsbyen og boede med hende der, indtil Herrens hus, hans eget palads og bymuren blev færdigbygget. 2 Da Herrens hus endnu ikke var bygget, udførte folket deres ofringer rundt omkring på landets offerhøje. 3 Salomon elskede Herren og fulgte nøje de anvisninger, hans far havde givet ham, men han fortsatte dog med at ofre dyr og brænde røgelse på de gamle offerhøje. 4 En dag tog Salomon til Gibeon for at ofre, for det store alter^[1] fandtes der, og han bragte tusind brændofre på alteret. Mens han var i Gibeon, (2.Krøn 1,3) 5 viste Herren sig for ham i en drøm om natten og sagde: „Bed om hvad du vil, og jeg vil give det til dig!” 6 Salomon svarede: „Du har været umådelig god imod min far, fordi han var både trofast, retskaffen og oprigtig i sit forhold til dig. At du gav ham en søn til at følge ham på tronen er et udtryk for din trofasthed imod ham. 7 Herre, min Gud, nu har du gjort mig til konge i min fars sted, men jeg er ung og uerfaren. 8 Det forventes af mig, at jeg skal regere dit udvalgte folk—et folk så stort, at det ikke kan tælles. 9 Giv mig derfor et lydhørt hjerte, så jeg kan lede dit folk, så jeg kan skelne mellem, hvad der er rigtigt og forkert. For hvem kan magte at regere over dit mægtige folk?” 10 Herren syntes godt om Salomons ønske 11 og svarede: „Fordi du bad om evne til at træffe de rigtige beslutninger og ikke om rigdom til dig selv, et langt liv, eller død over dine fjender, 12 vil jeg opfylde din bøn: Jeg vil give dig større visdom end nogen anden nogen sinde har haft eller vil få. 13 Men jeg vil også give dig, hvad du ikke bad om—nemlig rigdom og berømmelse. Så længe du lever, vil ingen af alle verdens konger kunne måle sig med dig. 14 Og hvis du adlyder mine love og forordninger, sådan som din far gjorde, vil jeg give dig et langt liv i tilgift.” 15 Så vågnede Salomon og blev klar over, at han havde drømt; og han vendte tilbage til Jerusalem og gik ind i teltet med Herrens Ark. Foran arken ofrede han brændofre og takofre til Gud, og bagefter holdt han en fest for alle sine embedsmænd.

Et eksempel på Salomons visdom

16 En dag søgte to prostituerede audiens hos kongen. De ville have ham til at fælde dom i en bestemt sag. 17 „Herre,” sagde den første, „vi to bor i samme hus, og for nylig fødte jeg et barn, mens hun var til stede. 18 To dage senere fødte hun også et barn. Der var ingen andre end os i huset, så der var ingen vidner. 19 Men hendes dreng døde midt om natten, fordi hun kom til at ligge på ham. 20 Mens jeg stadig lå og sov, stod hun op og tog min søn, som lå ved min side, og lagde ham over i sin egen seng. Derefter anbragte hun sin egen døde søn hos mig. 21 Tidligt om morgenen stod jeg op for at amme mit barn, men så opdagede jeg, at drengen var død! Men da jeg så nøje på ham, kunne jeg se, at den døde dreng slet ikke var min søn.” 22 „Det passer ikke!” protesterede den anden kvinde. „Det er min søn, der lever, og din, der er død!” „Nej,” svarede den første kvinde, „den døde dreng er din, og den levende er min!” Sådan blev de ved med at skændes et stykke tid. 23 Da sagde kongen: „I kan åbenbart ikke blive enige. 24 Hent mig lige et sværd!” Så blev der hentet et sværd, 25 og kongen gav følgende ordre: „Tag det levende barn og hug det midt over, så kan hver af kvinderne få halvdelen!” 26 Men hende, der var mor til barnet, holdt jo af det og råbte: „Åh nej, herre, dræb ikke barnet! Så giv det hellere til hende!” Men den anden kvinde sagde: „Nej, hvis ingen af os kan få barnet, er det bedre at hugge det midt over!” 27 Da faldt kongens dom: „Slå ikke barnet ihjel,” befalede han, „men giv det til den kvinde, som ønskede at skåne det; for det er hende, der er mor til barnet.” 28 Rygtet om kongens kloge dom spredtes hurtigt ud over landet, og det skabte respekt omkring ham, for alle var forbløffet over den visdom, Gud havde givet Salomon.

King James Version

1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh' daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 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 shewed 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 instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. 16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman' child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it . 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.