1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.2 The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.3 Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude.9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,12 behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.13 I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”15 And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.16 Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.17 The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.18 Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were alone. There was no one else with us in the house; only we two were in the house.19 And this woman's son died in the night, because she lay on him.20 And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne.”22 But the other woman said, “No, the living child is mine, and the dead child is yours.” The first said, “No, the dead child is yours, and the living child is mine.” Thus they spoke before the king.23 Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead’; and the other says, ‘No; but your son is dead, and my son is the living one.’”24 And the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought 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 the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because her heart yearned for her son, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him.”27 Then the king answered and said, “Give the living child to the first woman, and by no means put him to death; she is his mother.”28 And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
2 Chronicles 1
1 다윗의 아들 솔로몬은 왕위에 올랐다. 그의 하나님 여호와께서 같이 계시며 높여주셨으므로 사람들이 우러러 보게 되였던것이다.2 솔로몬은 온 이스라엘을 불렀다. 천명대장과 백명대장들, 관리들, 이스라엘의 대표들, 각 가문의 어른들을 불렀다.3 솔로몬은 자기 백성의 모든 대표단을 이끌고 기브온에 있는 산당을 찾아갔다. 그곳은 하나님을 만나는곳으로써 여호와의 종인 모세가 광야에서 만든 장막이 있는곳이였다.4 하나님의 궤는 다윗이 예루살렘에 자리를 마련하여 새 장막을 치고 기럇여아림에서 올려다모셨지만5 브살렐이 만든 놋제단만은 기브온 여호와의 성소앞에 있어서 솔로몬은 대표단을 이끌고 그리고 찾아간것이다. 브살렐의 아버지는 우리요, 할아버지는 훌이였다.6 솔로몬은 거기 만남의 장막에 있는 놋제단으로 올라가 여호와앞에 번제물 천마리를 불살라바쳤다.7 그날밤 하나님이 솔로몬에게 나타나셔서 물으셨다. ≪내가 너에게 무엇을 해주면좋겠느냐.≫8 솔로몬이 하나님께 대답하였다. ≪주께서는 소인의 아버지 다윗에게 망극한 은혜를 베푸셨으며 또한 소인에게는 그 뒤를 이어 왕위에 오르게 해주셨습니다.9 여호와하나님이여, 주께서는 소인을 왕으로 세워 티끌처럼 많은 백성을 다스리게 하셨습니다. 소인의 아버지 다윗에게 약속하신 그대로 이루어주셨습니다.10 이제 이 백성을 이끌수 있도록 슬기와 지식을 주십시오. 누가 감히 이렇게도 많은 주의 백성을 다스릴수 있겠습니까.≫11 하나님께서 솔로몬에게 대답하셨다. ≪부귀영화를 청하지도 않고 원쑤의 목을 청하지도 않으며 오래 살도록 해달라 청하지도 않고 내가 맡겨준 이 백성을 다스리는 임금으로서 갖추어야 할 슬기와 지식을 달라고 청하다니, 네 뜻이 갸륵하구나.12 슬기와 지식뿐이랴. 내가 너에게 부귀와 영화도 주리니 너와 같은 임금은 전에도 없었고 후에도 다시 없으리라.≫13 솔로몬은 기브온 산당에 있는 만남의 장막을 떠나 예루살렘으로 돌아와 이스라엘을 다스렸다.14 솔로몬이 병거와 군마를 사 모으다보니 병거가 1,400대, 군마가 1만 2천마리가 되였다. 그는 이 병력의 일부는 병거주둔성에 배치하고 일부는 왕가까이 예루살렘에 배치하였다.15 예루살렘에는 은이 마치 돌맹이처럼 흔하게 되였고 송백은 야산지대의 돌무화과나무만큼이나 많아졌다. 이것은 모두 왕의 덕분이였다.16 솔로몬은 왕실소속 무역상들을 시켜 길리기아와 애급에서 말을 사들이고17 병거도 애급에서 사들였는데 값은 병거 한대에 600세겔이였고 말 한마리에 150세겔이였다. 이 무역상들은 말을 사서 헷왕들과 수리아왕들에게 되파는 일도 하였다.
