I Kings 3 (Greek, Swete)

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Source: Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; I Kings 3; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)

Attribution: Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)

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3:2θυμιῶντες ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς, ὅτι οὐκ ᾠκοδομήθη οἶκος τῷ κυριῳ ἕως νῦν.
3:3καὶ ἠγάπησεν Σαλωμὼν τὸν κύριον, πορεύεσθαι ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασιν Δαυεὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, πλὴν ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς ἔθυεν καὶ ἐθυμία.
3:4καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Γαβαὼν θῦσαι ἐκεῖ, ὅτι αὐτὴ ὑψηλοτάτη καὶ μ(??)γάλη· χιλίαν ολοκαύτωσιν ἀνήνεγκεν Σαλωμὼν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐν Γαβαών.
3:5καὶ ὤφθη Κύριος τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἐν ὕπνῳ τὴν νύκτα· καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς Σαλωμών Αἴτησαί τι αἴτημα σαυτῷ.
3:6καὶ εἶπεν Σαλωμώνβ Σύ ἐποίησας μετὰ σοῦ, δούλου σου Δαυεὶδ τοῦ πατρός μου ἔλεος μέγα, καθὼς διῆλθεν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ἐν δικαιοςύνῃ καὶ ἐν εὐθύτητι καρδίας μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ ἐφύλαξας αὐτῷ τὸ ἔλεος τὸ μέγα τοῦτο, δοῦναι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη.
3:7καὶ νῦν, Κύριε ὁ θεός μου, σὺ ἔδωκας τὸν δοῦλόν σου ἀντὶ Δαυεὶδ τοῦ πατρός μου· καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι παιδάριον μικρόν, καὶ οὐκ οἶδα τὴν ἔξοδόν μου καὶ τὴν εἴσοδόν μου.
3:8ὁ δὲ δοῦλός σου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ σου, ὅν ἐξελέξω λαὸν πολὺν ὃς οὐκ ἀριθμηθήσεται.
3:9καὶ δώσεις τῷ δούλῳ σου καρδίαν ἀκούειν καὶ διακρίνειν τὸν λαόν σου ἐν δικαιοςύνῃ, καὶ τοῦ συνειῖν ἀνὰ μέσον ἀγαθοῦ καὶ κακοῦ· ὅτι τίς δυνήσεται κρίνειν τὸν λαόν σου τὸν βαρὺν τοῦτον;
3:10καὶ ἥρεσεν ἐνωπιον Κυρίου ὅτι ᾐτήσατο Σαλωμὼν βαρὺν τοῦτο.
3:11καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν Ἀνθ’ ὧν ᾐτήσω παρ’ ἐμοῦ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ οὐκ ᾐτήσω σαυτῷ ἡμέρας πολλὰς καὶ οὐκ ᾐτήσω πλοῦτον οὐδὲ ᾐτήσω ψυχὰς ἐχθρῶν σου, ἀλλ’ ᾐτήσω σαυτῷ τοῦ συνιεῖν τοῦ εἰσακούειν κρίμα·
3:12ἰδοὺ πεποίηκα τό ῥῆμά σου· ἰδοὺ δέδωκά σοι καρδίαν φρονίμην καὶ σοφήν· ὡς ςὺ οὐ γέγονεν ἔμπροσθέν σου, καὶ μετὰ σὲ οὐκ ἀναστήσεται ὅμοιός σοι.
3:13καὶ ἃ οὐκ ᾐτήσω δέδωκά σοι, καὶ πλῦτον καὶ δόξαν, ὡς οὐ γέγονεν ἀνὴρ ὅμοιός σοι ἐν βασιλεῦσιν·
3:14καὶ ἐὰν πορευθῇς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ μου φυλάσσειν τὰς ἐντολάς μου καὶ τὰ προστάγματά μου ὡς ἐπορεύθη Δαυεὶδ ὁ πατήρ σου, καὶ πληθυνῶ τὰς ἡμέρας σου.
3:15καὶ ἐξυπνίσθη Σαλωμών, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐνύπνιον· καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ παργίνεται εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἔστη κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ κατὰ πρόσωπον κιβωτοῦ διαθήκης Κυρίου ἐν Σειών, καὶ ἀνήγαγεν ὁλοκαυτώσεις καὶ ἐποίησεν εἰρηνικάς, καὶ ἐποίησεν πότον μέγαν ἑαυτῷ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς παισὶν ἑαυτοῦ.
3:16Τότε ὤφθησαν δύο γυναὶκες πόρναι τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτοὺ.
3:17καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ ἡ μία Ἐν ἐμοί, κύριε· ἐγὼ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αἥτη οἰκοῦμεν ἐν οἴκῳ ἐνί, καὶ ἐτέκομεν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ·
3:18καὶ ἐγεηήθη ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ τεκούσης μου καὶ ἔτεκεν καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αἥτη· καὶ ἡμεῖς κατὰ τὸ αὐτό, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐθεὶς μεθ’ ἡμῶν παρὲξ ἀμφοτέρων ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ.
3:19καὶ ἀπέθανεν ὁυίὸς τὴς γυναικὸς ταύτης τὴν νύκτα, ὠς ἐπεκοιμήθη ἐπ’ αὐτόν·
3:20καὶ ἀνέστη μέσης τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν υἱόν μου ἐκ τῶν ἀγκαλῶν μου καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν τεθνηκότα ἐκοίμισεν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου.
3:21καὶ ἀνέστην τὸ πρωὶ θηλάσαι τὸν υἱόν μου, καὶ ἐκεῖνος ἦν τεθνηκώς· καὶ ἰδοὺ κατενόησα αὐτὸν πρωί, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν ὁ υἱός μου ὃν ἔτεκον.
3:22καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ ἠ ἐτέρα Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ὁ υἰός μου ὁ ζῶν, ὁ δὲ υίός σου ὁ τεθνηκως· καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως.
3:23καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐταῖς Σὺ λέυεις Οὖτος ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ὁ υίός ταύτης ὁ τεθνηκώς· καὶ σὺ λέγεις Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ὁ υἰός μου ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ὁ υἱός σου ὁτευνηκώς.
3:24καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς Λάβετε μάχαιραν· καὶ προσήνεεγκαν τὴν μάχαιραν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως.
3:25καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς Διέλετε τὸ παιδίον τὸ θηλάζον τὸ ζῶν εἰς δύο, καὶ δότε τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ ταύτῃ καὶ τὸ ἤμισυ αὐτοῦ ταύτῃ.
3:26καὶ ἀπεεκρίθη ἡ γυνὴ ἦς ἦν ὁ υίὸς ὁ ζῶν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, ὄτι ἐταράχθη ἡ μήτρα αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτῆς, καὶ εἶπεν ἐν ἐμοί, κύριε, δότε αὐτῇ τὸ παιδιον καὶ θανάτῳ μὴ θανταώσητε αὐτόν· καὶ αὔτη εἦπεν Μήτε ἑμοὶ μήτε αὐτῇ ἔστω· διέλετε.
3:27καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ εἶπεν Δότε τὸ παιδίον τῇ εἰπούςῃ Δότε αὐτῇ αὐτὸ καὶ θανάτῳ μὴ θανταώσητε αὐτόν· αὐτὴ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ.
3:28καὶ ἤκουσαν πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ τὸ κρίμα τοῦτο ὃ ἔκρινεν ὁ βασιλεύς · καὶ ἐφοβήρησαν ἀπο προσώπου τοῦ βασιλέως, ὄτι εἶδον ὄτι φρόνησις θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ τοῦ ποιεῖν δικαίωα.

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title
I Kings 3 (Greek, Swete)
dialect
greek
source
Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; I Kings 3; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)
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CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)
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Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).
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Bible/Old Testament/I Kings/03.greek.swete.L0.txt

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I Kings 3 (Greek, Swete). Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; I Kings 3; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md). Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/i-kings/03.greek.swete/. Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).

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