5 In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared unto Solomon, in a dream by night,and God said, Ask, what I shall give thee.

6 Then said SolomonThou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, 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 lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon his throne, as it is this day.

7 Now, therefore, O Yahweh 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 and come in.

8 And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen,a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude.

9 Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad,for who is able to judge this thine honoured people?

10 And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord,that Solomon had asked this thing;

11 And God said unto himBecause thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies,but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause,

12 lo! I have done according to thy word,lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.