in those days: Salomon went into Gabaon, to immolate there: for that was a very great excelse: a thousand hosts for holocaust did Salomon offer upon that altar in Gabaon. And our Lord appeared to Salomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I may give it thee. And Salomon said: Thou hast done great mercy with thy servant David my father, even as he walked in thy sight in truth, and justice, and a right heart with thee: for thou hast kept thy great mercy, and hast given him a son sitting upon his throne, as it is this day. And now Lord God, thou hast made thy servant to reign for David my father, but I am a little child, and ignorant of my going out and coming in. And thy servant is in the midst of the people, which thou hast chosen, a people infinite, which cannot be numbered and counted for the multitude. Thou shalt therefore give to thy servant a docible heart, that he may judge the people, and discern between good & evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, this thy people great in number? The word therefore was liked before our Lord, that Salomon had asked such a thing. And our Lord said to Salomon: Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not desired for thyself many days, nor riches, nor the lives of thine enemies, but hast desired wisdom for thyself to discern judgment: behold I have done unto thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise heart and intelligent, in so much that none before thee hath been like thee, nor shall arise after thee. Yea and these things, which thou didst not ask, I have given thee; to wit, riches, and glory, so that none hath been like thee among the kings all days heretofore.