Solomon and the emulation of God: They held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice

in god •  last year  (edited)

The First Book of Kings tells us how King Solomon emulated God in a very famous case when two prostitutes appeared before him requesting justice in 1 Kings 3:16-28.
But before this the Bible mentions something very special, Solomon, in the sacred place of Gibeon after his coronation as king had asked God for a heart capable of listening to administer justice, and God for that request gave him the gifts of wisdom, understanding, and discernment (1 Kings 3:3-15).
These spiritual gifts received from God allowed this famous king to make an assertive decision in front of the prostitutes and resolve the case properly, Solomon was precise and accurate in the resolution, that is, he resolved without error. And this is of great importance, because Solomon surpassed all human prudence through the art of listening, prudence is the rational resolution of problems, but the sacred listening is the intuitive, assertive, and creative resolution of what is presented to the judgment of the person.
The emulation of God in spirituality has great significance, to emulate means to imitate with the desire to match, it is to imitate capturing the personality of the imitated; Solomon in this famous case resolved the problem by capturing the personality of God.
The first thing that Salomon did was listen to the contradictory testimonies of the women who argued about who was the real mother, but then Salomon pretended to make a decision, to split the child in half, and thus, upon hearing the lament of one of the women, he was able to find the real mother.
And in this way, the people of Israel found out about the great intelligence of this king, leaving a great conclusion:
"When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice" 1 Kings 3:28.
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