1 Kings 3:9-11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ So give your servant a receptive heart to judge^(A) your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours? ’^(B)

¹⁰ Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had requested this. ¹¹ So God said to him, ‘Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life^[a] or riches for yourself,^(C) or the death^[b] of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to administer justice,^(D)