Shlomo became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. he married the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the City of Dovid, until he finished building his house and the House of Adonoy, and the wall surrounding Yerusholayim.

However, the people still sacrificed on improvised altars, for a house had not yet been built to the Name of Adonoy until those days.

And Shlomo loved Adonoy. he conformed to the decrees of his father, Dovid, except that upon improvised altars he brought sacrifices and burnt incense.

And the king went to Givon to sacrifice there, for that was the great improvised altar. Shlomo offered a thousand burnt offerings upon that altar.

At Givon, Adonoy appeared to Shlomo in a dream at night, and God said, “Ask, what shall I give you.”

And Shlomo said, “You have done for your servant, my father Dovid, great kindness, as he walked before you in truth, in righteousness and with an upright heart with you. You preserved for him this great kindness, and gave him a son who sits on his throne as it is this day.

And now Adonoy, my God, You have made your servant, the king, in place of my father, Dovid, and I am [only] a small lad and do not know how to go out or come in.

Your servant is in the midst of your chosen people, a great nation that cannot be reckoned nor counted, it is so great.

Give your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil, for who is able to judge this great people of Yours.”

And it was good in the eyes of God that Shlomo had asked for this thing.

And God said to him, “Because you asked for this thing and did not ask for yourself long life, and you did not ask for yourself wealth, and you did not ask for the life of your enemies; but you asked for yourself insight to understand justice.

Behold I have done according to your words. Behold I have given you a wise and understanding heart the likes of which never existed before you nor will there arise like you after you.

And also that for which you did not ask, I have given you, both wealth and honor, such as there never was like you a man among kings [in the past] [and will not be] all your days.

And if you will go in My ways, to preserve My statutes and My commandments as your father, Dovid, walked, I will lengthen your days.

Shlomo woke up and behold it was a dream. he came to Yerusholayim and stood before the Ark of the Covenant of God, and he offered burnt offerings, and slaughtered peace offerings; and made a feast for all his servants.

Then two women, innkeepers came to the king and stood before him.

One woman said, “Please my master, I and this woman live in one house, and I gave birth with her being in the house.

And on the third day after giving birth, this woman also gave birth. We were together, there was no stranger with us in the house. No one besides the two of us were in the house.

The son of this woman died at night, for she had lain on him.

She got up in the middle of night, and she took my son from beside me while your maidservant was asleep, and she lay him in her bosom; and her dead son she laid in my bosom.

I awoke in the morning to nurse my son, and behold he was dead. I scrutinized him in the morning and behold it was not my son to whom I had given birth.”

The other woman said, “It is not so. My son is the live one and your son is the dead one.” And this one [the first woman] said, “Not so, for your son is the dead one, and my son is the live one.” And they spoke [argued] before the king.

The king said, “This one says,, ‘This is my son who is alive and your son is the dead one;’ and this one says, ‘it is not so, for your son is the dead one, and my son is the live one.’ ”

And the king said, “Bring me a sword,” and they brought a sword before the king.

And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the [other] one.”

The woman whose son was the live one said to the king, for her compassion for her son was aroused, and she said, “Please my master, give her the live child, and do not kill him.” But this [the other] one said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours, divide him.”

The king declared and said, “Give her the live child, and do not kill him. She is his mother.”

And all of Yisroel heard the judgement that the king had judged and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was within him to do justice.