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First Book of Kings, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of 1 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And Solʹo·mon proceeded to form a marriage alliance1 with Pharʹaoh the king of Egypt and to take Pharʹaoh’s daughter2 and bring her to the City of David,3 until he finished building his own house4 and the house of Jehovah5 and Jerusalem’s wall all around.6
  2. Only the people were sacrificing on the high places,7 for a house had not been built to the name of Jehovah down to those days.8
  3. And Solʹo·mon continued to love9 Jehovah by walking in the statutes of David his father.10 Only it was on the high places11 that he was regularly sacrificing and making offerings smoke.
  4. ¶ Accordingly the king went to Gibʹe·on12 to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place.13 A thousand burnt sacrifices Solʹo·mon proceeded to offer upon that altar.14
  5. In Gibʹe·on Jehovah appeared15 to Solʹo·mon in a dream16 by night; and God[a] proceeded to say: “Request what I should give you.”17
  6. At this Solʹo·mon said: “You yourself have exercised great loving-kindness[b]18 toward your servant David my father according as he walked before you in truth and in righteousness19 and in uprightness of heart with you; and you continued keeping toward him this great loving-kindness, so that you gave him a son to sit[c] upon his throne as at this day.20
  7. And now, Jehovah my God, you yourself have made your servant king in the place of David my father, and I am but a little boy.21 I do not know how to go out and how to come in.22
  8. And your servant is in the middle of your people whom you have chosen,23 a multitudinous people that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.24
  9. And you must give to your servant an obedient heart[d] to judge25 your people, to discern between good and bad;26 for who is able to judge27 this difficult[e] people of yours?”28
  10. ¶ And the thing was pleasing[f] in the eyes of Jehovah,[g] because Solʹo·mon had requested this thing.29
  11. And God[h] went on to say to him: “For the reason that you have requested this thing and have not requested for yourself many days nor requested for yourself riches30 nor requested the soul[i] of your enemies, and you have requested for yourself understanding[j] to hear judicial cases,[k]31
  12. look! I shall certainly do according to your words.32 Look! I shall certainly give you a wise and understanding[l] heart,33 so that one like you there has not happened to be before you, and after you there will not rise up one like you.34
  13. And also what you have not requested I will give you,35 both riches36 and glory, so that there will not have happened to be any among the kings like you, all your days.37
  14. And if you will walk in my ways by keeping my regulations38 and my commandments, just as David your father walked,39 I will also lengthen your days.”40
  15. ¶ When Solʹo·mon awoke,41 why, here it had been a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark42 of the covenant of Jehovah[m] and offered up burnt sacrifices and rendered up communion43 offerings and spread a feast44 for all his servants.45
  16. ¶ At that time two women, prostitutes,46 got to come in to the king and stand before him.47
  17. Then the one woman said: “Excuse me, my lord,48 I and this woman are dwelling in one house, so that I gave birth close by her in the house.
  18. And it came about on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also proceeded to give birth. And we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, no one but the two of us in the house.
  19. Later the son of this woman died at night, because she lay upon him.
  20. So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your slave girl herself was asleep and laid him in her own bosom, and her dead son she laid in my bosom.
  21. When I got up in the morning to nurse49 my son, why, there he was dead. So I examined him closely in the morning, and, look! he did not prove to be my son that I had borne.”
  22. But the other woman said: “No, but my son is the living one and your son is the dead one!” All the while this woman was saying: “No, but your son is the dead one and my son is the living one.” And they kept on speaking before the king.50
  23. ¶ Finally the king said: “This one is saying, ‘This is my son, the living one, and your son is the dead one!’ and that one is saying, ‘No, but your son is the dead one and my son is the living one!’”
  24. And the king went on to say:51 “YOU men, get me a sword.” So they brought the sword before the king.
  25. And the king proceeded to say: “YOU men, sever the living child in two and give the one half to the one woman and the other half to the other.”
  26. At once the woman whose son was the living one said to the king (for her inward emotions52 were excited toward her son,53 so that she said): “Excuse me,54 my lord! YOU men, give her the living child. Do not by any means put him to death.” All the while this other woman was saying: “Neither mine nor yours will he become. YOU men, do the severing!”55
  27. At that the king answered and said: “YOU men, give her the living child, and YOU must by no means put him to death. She is his mother.”
  28. ¶ And all Israel got to hear of the judicial decision56 that the king had handed down; and they became fearful because of the king,57 for they saw that the wisdom58 of God was within him to execute judicial decision.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “God,” MSy; TLXX, “Jehovah.”
  2. ^ Or, “loyal love.”
  3. ^ Lit., “a son sitting.”
  4. ^ Lit., “a hearing heart.”
  5. ^ Or, “numerous.” Lit., “heavy.”
  6. ^ Or, “good.”
  7. ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
  8. ^ “God,” MVg; LXXSyVgc, “Jehovah.”
  9. ^ Or, “life.” Heb., neʹphesh; Gr., psy·khasʹ, pl.; Vgc(Lat.), aʹni·mas, pl.
  10. ^ Or, “discernment.”
  11. ^ Or, “to obey judgment.”
  12. ^ Or, “discerning.”
  13. ^ See vs 10 ftn, “Jehovah.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ezr 9:2, 14
  2. ^ De 7:4; 1Ki 7:8; 9:24; 11:1; Ezr 10:10; Ne 13:27
  3. ^ 2Sa 5:7; 1Ch 11:7
  4. ^ 1Ki 7:1
  5. ^ 1Ki 8:19
  6. ^ 1Ki 9:15
  7. ^ Le 17:4; 26:30; De 12:6; 1Ki 15:14; 22:43; 2Ch 33:17
  8. ^ 1Ki 5:3; 1Ch 17:4, 12; 28:6; Ac 7:47
  9. ^ De 6:5; 10:12; Ps 145:20; Mt 22:37; 1Co 8:3; 1Jo 5:3
  10. ^ 2Ch 17:3
  11. ^ 1Sa 7:9; 10:8; 1Ki 15:14; 22:43; 1Ch 21:26; 2Ch 1:3
  12. ^ Jos 9:3; 1Ki 9:2
  13. ^ 1Ch 16:39; 21:29
  14. ^ 2Ch 1:6
  15. ^ 1Ki 9:2; 2Ch 1:3
  16. ^ Nu 12:6; Jb 33:15
  17. ^ 2Ch 1:7
  18. ^ 2Ch 1:8
  19. ^ Ps 11:7
  20. ^ 1Ki 2:4
  21. ^ 1Ch 29:1; Je 1:6; Mt 23:12; 2Co 12:9
  22. ^ Nu 27:17; De 31:2; 2Sa 5:2
  23. ^ Ex 19:6; De 7:6
  24. ^ Ge 13:16; 22:17
  25. ^ 2Ch 1:10; Ps 72:1; 119:34
  26. ^ 2Sa 14:17; Heb 5:14
  27. ^ 1Sa 8:6
  28. ^ Ex 32:9; De 9:6
  29. ^ Pr 15:8
  30. ^ Pr 27:24; 1Ti 6:9
  31. ^ 1Ch 22:12; 29:19; Pr 16:16
  32. ^ Ps 10:17; Ec 1:16; Is 65:24; 1Jo 5:14
  33. ^ 1Ki 4:29; 5:12; 2Ch 1:11; Pr 3:13
  34. ^ Mt 12:42
  35. ^ Ps 84:11; Mt 6:33; Eph 3:20
  36. ^ 1Ki 4:21; Pr 3:16; Ec 7:11
  37. ^ 1Ki 10:23; 2Ch 1:12
  38. ^ 1Ch 22:12
  39. ^ 1Ki 15:5; 2Ch 7:17
  40. ^ De 25:15; Ps 21:4; 91:16; Pr 3:16
  41. ^ Ge 41:7; Je 31:26
  42. ^ 2Sa 6:17; 1Ch 16:1
  43. ^ Le 7:11; 2Sa 6:18; 1Ch 21:29
  44. ^ Ge 31:54; Es 1:3; Da 5:1
  45. ^ 1Ki 1:33
  46. ^ Ge 38:15; De 23:17; Jos 6:17; Jg 11:1
  47. ^ 1Sa 8:20
  48. ^ Ro 13:7; 1Pe 2:17
  49. ^ 1Sa 1:23; 1Th 2:7
  50. ^ Pr 20:8
  51. ^ Pr 20:26
  52. ^ Ge 43:30; Is 49:15; Je 31:20; Ho 11:8
  53. ^ 1Th 2:7
  54. ^ 1Sa 1:26; 1Ki 3:17
  55. ^ Ro 1:31; 2Ti 3:3
  56. ^ 1Ki 2:3; 3:9
  57. ^ Jos 4:14; 1Sa 12:18; 1Ch 29:24; Ps 72:5; Pr 24:21
  58. ^ Ezr 7:25; Pr 2:3; Ec 7:19; Col 2:3; Jm 1:5

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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