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1 Salomón emparentó con el faraón, rey de Egipto, tomando por mujer a su hija. Y la llevó a Jerusalén para que viviera en la ciudad de David hasta que él pudiera terminar la edificación de su palacio, del templo del Señor y del muro alrededor de la ciudad.
1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, Yahweh’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 En aquel tiempo, el pueblo de Israel ofrecía sus sacrificios y ofrendas en altares sobre las colinas, porque el templo del Señor aún no había sido edificado.
2 However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.
3 A pesar de que Salomón amaba al Señor y obedecía todas las instrucciones de su padre David, seguía acudiendo a los pequeños santuarios, que estaban en las colinas, a ofrecer sacrificios y quemar incienso.
3 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
4 El más famoso de estos altares sobre una colina era el que estaba en Gabaón, y el rey fue allí y ofreció mil holocaustos.
4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
5 Esa noche, el Señor se le apareció en un sueño, y le dijo: ―Pídeme lo que quieras, que yo te lo daré.
5 In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
6 Salomón le respondió: ―Fuiste muy misericordioso con mi padre David, porque él era honesto, veraz y fiel a ti, y obedecía tus mandamientos. Y has continuado mostrándole tu misericordia, al haberle dado un hijo que se sentara en su trono.
6 Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.
7 »Señor, Dios mío, ahora tú me has hecho rey en lugar de David, mi padre, pero soy como un niño que no conoce el camino que ha de seguir.
7 Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.
8 Y aquí estoy entre tu pueblo escogido, un pueblo tan numeroso que es imposible contarlo.
8 Your servant is among your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude.
9 Dame sabiduría, para poder gobernar bien a tu pueblo y para tener un buen discernimiento de lo que es bueno o es malo. Porque, ¿quién con su propia capacidad puede cargar con una responsabilidad tan grande?
9 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
10 El Señor miró con agrado esta petición, y se alegró de que Salomón hubiera pedido sabiduría.
10 This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
11 Por eso le respondió: ―Por cuanto has pedido sabiduría para gobernar a mi pueblo, y no has pedido una larga vida ni riquezas para ti, ni has pedido derrotar a tus enemigos,
11 God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,
12 yo te daré lo que has pedido. Te daré una sabiduría como la que nadie ha tenido antes ni tendrá después.
12 behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.
13 Y también te daré lo que no has pedido, esto es, riquezas y honor. Nadie en el mundo será tan rico y famoso como lo serás tú por el resto de tu vida.
13 I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
14 Y, si te mantienes en mi voluntad y obedeces mis mandamientos, como lo hizo tu padre David, entonces te permitiré vivir muchos años.
14 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
15 Entonces Salomón despertó y comprendió que había tenido una visión en sueños. Regresó a Jerusalén y entró en el santuario. Y mientras estaba delante del cofre del pacto del Señor, ofreció holocaustos y ofrendas de paz. Luego invitó a todos sus siervos a un gran banquete.
15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
16 Poco después, dos prostitutas vinieron ante el rey a pedirle que pusiera fin a una disputa que había entre ellas.
16 Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
17 ―Señor —comenzó a hablar una de ellas—, nosotras dos vivimos en la misma casa. Yo tuve un hijo, estando esta mujer conmigo. A los tres días, ella también tuvo un hijo.
17 The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
18 Not in this translation
18 The third day after I delivered, this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.
19 Pero el niño de ella murió durante la noche, porque, dormida, se acostó sobre él y lo aplastó.
19 This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it.
20 Luego ella se levantó en la noche y tomó a mi hijo mientras yo dormía, y puso su hijo muerto en mis brazos, y el mío lo llevó a dormir con ella.
20 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
21 En la mañana, cuando quise darle de mamar a mi hijo, descubrí que estaba muerto. Pero cuando hubo suficiente luz, lo observé bien y me di cuenta de que no era mi hijo.
21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead; but when I had looked at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.”
22 La otra mujer interrumpió: ―Ese sí era el hijo de ella. El niño vivo es el mío. ―No —dijo la primera mujer—, el muerto es tuyo y el que está vivo es el mío. Y de esta manera discutieron delante del rey.
22 The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.
23 Entonces el rey dijo: ―Aclaremos las cosas: Ambas quieren el niño vivo, y cada una dice que el niño muerto pertenece a la otra.
23 Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”
24 Entonces el rey ordenó que le llevaran una espada. Cuando le entregaron la espada, el rey dijo:
24 The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
25 ―Partan en dos al niño vivo, y denle una mitad a cada una de estas mujeres.
25 The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
26 Entonces la mujer que realmente era la madre del hijo, y que lo amaba mucho, gritó: ―No, señor. Mejor dele el niño a esa mujer, pero no lo mate. Pero la otra mujer dijo: ―Bien, de esta manera no será tuyo ni mío; que lo dividan entre nosotras.
26 Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
27 Entonces el rey dijo: ―Denle el niño a la mujer que lo quiere vivo, porque ella es su madre.
27 Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
28 Pronto se difundió este suceso y la sabia decisión del rey por toda la nación, y todo el pueblo estaba asombrado, porque comprendieron la gran sabiduría que Dios le había dado al rey para hacer justicia.
28 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Pharaoh's daughter (wife of Solomon)
The daughter of Pharaoh king of Egypt, whom Solomon married to seal an alliance and for whom he built a house.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 9:24
Solomon
David's son who built the temple and became famous for God-given wisdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chron. 3:5; Matt. 1:6-7
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 8:11; 2 Chronicles 2:1–4; 2 Samuel 5:7
- 2 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 33:17; Deuteronomy 12:2–5; Leviticus 26:30; Acts 7:47–49
- 3 1 Corinthians 8:3; Psalm 31:23; Deuteronomy 30:16; Deuteronomy 6:5; 1 Kings 3:6
- 4 2 Chronicles 1:3; 1 Chronicles 16:39; 2 Chronicles 7:5; 2 Chronicles 1:6–12; 1 Chronicles 21:29
- 5 1 Kings 9:2; James 1:5–6; Numbers 12:6; 2 Chronicles 1:7–12; John 14:13–14
- 6 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 1:48; 1 Kings 2:4; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2 Samuel 7:8–12
- 7 1 Chronicles 29:1; Numbers 27:17; Jeremiah 1:6; Matthew 18:3–4; Daniel 4:32
- 8 Genesis 15:5; Genesis 13:16; 1 Chronicles 21:2; Genesis 22:17; 1 Chronicles 27:23–24
- 9 James 1:5; Hebrews 5:14; Proverbs 16:16; John 5:30; Proverbs 2:3–9
- 10 Proverbs 15:8
- 11 1 Kings 3:9; James 4:2–3; Proverbs 16:31; Romans 8:26; Psalm 4:6
- 12 1 John 5:14–15; Ecclesiastes 1:16; Matthew 12:42; 1 Kings 5:12; 1 Kings 10:23–24
- 13 Ephesians 3:20; Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 3:16; Psalm 84:11–12; Romans 8:32
- 14 Proverbs 3:2; Psalm 91:16; 1 Kings 15:5; Zechariah 3:7; 2 Chronicles 34:2
- 15 Genesis 41:7; 1 Kings 8:65; Esther 1:3; Daniel 5:1; 1 Chronicles 16:1–2
- 16 Exodus 18:16; Judges 11:1; Leviticus 19:29; Joshua 2:1; Numbers 27:2
- 20 John 3:20; Matthew 13:25; Job 24:13–17; Psalm 139:11
- 21 Genesis 21:7; 1 Samuel 1:23
- 25 Proverbs 25:8
- 26 Isaiah 49:15; Jeremiah 31:20; 1 John 3:17; Genesis 43:30; Hosea 11:8
- 28 Colossians 2:3; 1 Kings 3:9–12; Daniel 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Ecclesiastes 7:19
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Do thou also therefore ask nothing worldly, but all things spiritual, and thou wilt surely receive. For so Solomon, because he asked what he ought, behold how quickly he received.
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