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1 Kings 3:8-10
New International Version
1 Kings 3:8-10
New International Version
8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen,(A) a great people, too numerous to count or number.(B) 9 So give your servant a discerning(C) heart to govern your people and to distinguish(D) between right and wrong. For who is able(E) to govern this great people of yours?”
10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.
1 Kings 3:8-10
New King James Version
1 Kings 3:8-10
New King James Version
8 And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You (A)have chosen, a great people, (B)too numerous to be numbered or counted. 9 (C)Therefore give to Your servant an [a]understanding heart (D)to judge Your people, that I may (E)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
10 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
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- 1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing
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