Only the people were sacrificing on the high places, because a house had not yet been built for the name of the Lord until now.
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1 Kings 3
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ἠγάπησεν Σαλωμων τὸν κύριον πορεύεσθαι ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασιν Δαυιδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ πλὴν ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς ἔθυεν καὶ ἐθυμία
And Solomon loved the Lord, to walk in the commandments of David his father; only he was sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.
ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Γαβαων θῦσαι ἐκεῖ ὅτι αὐτὴ ὑψηλοτάτη καὶ μεγάλη χιλίαν ὁλοκαύτωσιν ἀνήνεγκεν Σαλωμων ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐν Γαβαων
And he rose up and went to Gabaon to sacrifice there, because that was the highest and great one; Solomon offered a thousand whole burnt offerings on the altar in Gabaon.
And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and the Lord said to Solomon, Ask for yourself some request.
εἶπεν Σαλωμων σὺ ἐποίησας μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου Δαυιδ τοῦ πατρός μου ἔλεος μέγα καθὼς διῆλθεν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἐν εὐθύτητι καρδίας μετὰ σοῦ καὶ ἐφύλαξας αὐτῷ τὸ ἔλεος τὸ μέγα τοῦτο δοῦναι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη
And Solomon said, You did great mercy with your servant David my father, as he walked before you in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with you, and you kept for him this great mercy, to give his son upon his throne, as this day is.
νῦν κύριε ὁ θεός μου σὺ ἔδωκας τὸν δοῦλόν σου ἀντὶ Δαυιδ τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι παιδάριον μικρὸν καὶ οὐκ οἶδα τὴν ἔξοδόν μου καὶ τὴν εἴσοδόν μου
And now, O Lord my God, you have given your servant in place of David my father, and I am a little child and I do not know my going out and my coming in
And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you chose, a numerous people, who will not be numbered
δώσεις τῷ δούλῳ σου καρδίαν ἀκούειν καὶ διακρίνειν τὸν λαόν σου ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ τοῦ συνίειν ἀνὰ μέσον ἀγαθοῦ καὶ κακοῦ ὅτι τίς δυνήσεται κρίνειν τὸν λαόν σου τὸν βαρὺν τοῦτον
And you shall give to your servant a heart to hear and to discern your people in righteousness, to understand between good and evil, for who shall be able to judge this your heavy people?
And the thing was pleasing before the Lord, because Solomon asked this thing.
εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ᾐτήσω παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο καὶ οὐκ ᾐτήσω σαυτῷ ἡμέρας πολλὰς καὶ οὐκ ᾐτήσω πλοῦτον οὐδὲ ᾐτήσω ψυχὰς ἐχθρῶν σου ἀλλ᾿ ᾐτήσω σαυτῷ σύνεσιν τοῦ εἰσακούειν κρίμα
And the Lord said to him, Because you asked this matter from me and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask wealth nor did you ask the lives of your enemies, but asked for yourself understanding to listen to judgment,
πεποίηκα κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἰδοὺ δέδωκά σοι καρδίαν φρονίμην καὶ σοφήν ὡς σὺ οὐ γέγονεν ἔμπροσθέν σου καὶ μετὰ σὲ οὐκ ἀναστήσεται ὅμοιός σοι
Behold, I have done according to your word; behold, I have given you a prudent and wise heart, so that there has not been before you one like you, and after you there shall not arise one like you.
And what you have not asked for I have given you, both riches and glory, so that there has not been a man like you among the kings.
ἐὰν πορευθῇς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ μου φυλάσσειν τὰς ἐντολάς μου καὶ τὰ προστάγματά μου ὡς ἐπορεύθη Δαυιδ ὁ πατήρ σου καὶ πληθυνῶ τὰς ἡμέρας σου
And if you shall walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David your father walked, then I will multiply your days.
ἐξυπνίσθη Σαλωμων καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐνύπνιον καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ παραγίνεται εἰς Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἔστη κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ κατὰ πρόσωπον κιβωτοῦ διαθήκης κυρίου ἐν Σιων καὶ ἀνήγαγεν ὁλοκαυτώσεις καὶ ἐποίησεν εἰρηνικὰς καὶ ἐποίησεν πότον μέγαν ἑαυτῷ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ
And Solomon woke up, and behold, it was a dream, and he rose and came to Jerusalem and stood before the altar, which was before the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Zion, and he brought up whole burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and he made a great feast for himself and for all his servants.
Then two harlots appeared before the king and stood before him.
And the one woman said, O lord, I and this woman were dwelling in one house, and we gave birth in the house
ἐγενήθη ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ τεκούσης μου καὶ ἔτεκεν καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὕτη καὶ ἡμεῖς κατὰ τὸ αὐτό καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐθεὶς μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν πάρεξ ἀμφοτέρων ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ
And it happened on the third day after my giving birth, that this woman also gave birth; and we were together, and there was no one with us except the two of us in the house.
And the son of this woman died in the night, as she lay upon him.
ἀνέστη μέσης τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν υἱόν μου ἐκ τῶν ἀγκαλῶν μου καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν τεθνηκότα ἐκοίμισεν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου
And she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my arms and laid him in her bosom, and her dead son she laid in my bosom
ἀνέστην τὸ πρωὶ θηλάσαι τὸν υἱόν μου καὶ ἐκεῖνος ἦν τεθνηκώς καὶ ἰδοὺ κατενόησα αὐτὸν πρωί καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν ὁ υἱός μου ὃν ἔτεκον
And I rose up in the morning to nurse my son, and he was dead; and behold, I considered him in the morning, and behold, he was not my son whom I bore.
εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ ἡ ἑτέρα οὐχί ἀλλὰ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ζῶν ὁ δὲ υἱός σου ὁ τεθνηκώς καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως
And the other woman said, No, but my living son is the one, and your son is the dead one. And they spoke before the king.
εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐταῖς σὺ λέγεις οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ζῶν καὶ ὁ υἱὸς ταύτης ὁ τεθνηκώς καὶ σὺ λέγεις οὐχί ἀλλὰ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ζῶν καὶ ὁ υἱός σου ὁ τεθνηκώς
And the king said to them, You say, This is my living son, and the dead son of this one; and you say, No, but my living son and your dead son.
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought the sword before the king.
εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς διέλετε τὸ παιδίον τὸ θηλάζον τὸ ζῶν εἰς δύο καὶ δότε τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ ταύτῃ καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ ταύτῃ
And the king said, Divide the living nursing child in two, and give half of it to this woman and half of it to that woman.
ἀπεκρίθη ἡ γυνή ἧς ἦν ὁ υἱὸς ὁ ζῶν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα ὅτι ἐταράχθη ἡ μήτρα αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτῆς καὶ εἶπεν ἐν ἐμοί κύριε δότε αὐτῇ τὸ παιδίον καὶ θανάτῳ μὴ θανατώσητε αὐτόν καὶ αὕτη εἶπεν μήτε ἐμοὶ μήτε αὐτῇ ἔστω διέλετε
And the woman whose was the living son answered and said to the king, because her womb was troubled over her son, and she said, In me, lord, give the child to her, and by no means put him to death; and this woman said, Let him be neither to me nor to her; divide him.
ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ εἶπεν δότε τὸ παιδίον τῇ εἰπούσῃ δότε αὐτῇ αὐτὸ καὶ θανάτῳ μὴ θανατώσητε αὐτόν αὐτὴ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ
And the king answered and said, Give the child to the one who said, Give him to her; and by death do not put him to death. She is his mother.
ἤκουσαν πᾶς Ισραηλ τὸ κρίμα τοῦτο ὃ ἔκρινεν ὁ βασιλεύς καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ βασιλέως ὅτι εἶδον ὅτι φρόνησις θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ τοῦ ποιεῖν δικαίωμα
And all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared from before the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice