Solomon Asks for Wisdom

Wycliffe's Bible (Modern Spelling)

1Ki 3:5–15

5 Soothly the Lord appeared to Solomon by sleep in the night, and said, Ask thou that, that thou wilt, that I give it to thee.
6 And Solomon said, Thou hast done great mercy with thy servant David, my father, as he went in thy sight, in truth, and in rightwiseness, and in rightful or right heart with thee; thou hast kept to him thy great mercy, and hast given to him a son, sitting on his throne, as it is today.
7 And now, Lord God, thou hast made thy servant to reign for David, my father; forsooth I am a little child, and not knowing mine out-going and mine in-coming.
8 And thy servant is in the midst of the people, which thou hast chosen, of a people without number, that may not be numbered and reckoned, for multitude.
9 Therefore thou shalt give to thy servant an heart able to be taught, that is, enlightened of thee, that he may deem thy people, and judge betwixt good and evil; for who may deem this people, thy people, this much people?
10 Therefore the word pleased before the Lord, that Solomon had asked such a thing.
11 And the Lord said to Solomon, For thou askedest this word, and askedest not to thee many days, neither riches, neither the lives of thine enemies, but thou askedest to thee wisdom to deem doom,
12 lo! I have done to thee after thy words, and I have given to thee a wise heart and an understanding, in so much that no man before thee was like thee, neither shall rise up after thee.
13 But also I have given to thee these things, which thou askedest not, that is, riches, and glory, that no man be like thee in kings in all times afterward.
14 Forsooth if thou goest in my ways, and keepest my biddings and my commandments, as thy father went in them, I shall make thy days long.
15 Therefore Solomon waked, and understood what the sweven was. And when he had come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the bond of peace of the Lord, and he offered burnt sacrifices, and made peaceable sacrifices, and a great feast to all his household or menials.

2Ch 1:7–12

7 Lo! forsooth in that night God appeared to him, and said, Ask that that thou wilt, that I give to thee.
8 And Solomon said to God, Thou hast done great mercy with David, my father, and hast ordained me king for him.
9 Now therefore, Lord God, thy word be fulfilled, which thou promisedest to David, my father; for thou hast made me king upon thy great people, which is so unnumberable as the dust of the earth.
10 Give thou to me wisdom and understanding, that I go in and go out before thy people; for who may deem worthily this thy people, which is so great?
11 And God said to Solomon, For that this thing pleased more thine heart, and thou askedest not riches, and chattel, and glory, neither the lives of them that hate thee, but neither full many days of thy life; but thou hast asked for wisdom and knowing, that thou mayest deem my people, upon which I have ordained thee king,
12 wisdom and knowing be given to thee; and over this, I shall give to thee riches, and chattel, and glory, so that none among kings, neither before thee, nor after thee, be like thee.