1 Kings 3:9
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
Nota de Estudo
Study Note
Solomon's prayer 'give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad' — literally 'a hearing heart' (lev shomea') — demonstrates the priority of wisdom over wealth, long life, or military success as the ruler's defining need. God's pleasure at Solomon's choice (v. 10) and the famous subsequent test (the two women disputing the baby, 3:16-28) show that the narrative embeds the prayer's fulfilment in concrete demonstration. The 'hearing heart' concept anticipates the Shema's 'shema Yisrael' (hear, O Israel, Deuteronomy 6:4) — wisdom is the capacity for ordered, attentive receptivity to reality and to God, not merely intellectual acuity. James 1:5 ('if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally') is the New Testament extension of Solomon's prayer into a universal invitation — the wise king's distinctive request becomes every disciple's possibility.
Outras Traduções
Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?
and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
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