1 Kings 3:7-11

And now, Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am like a little boy; I do not know how to go out or come in.

And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.

So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil. For who is capable of judging this great people of Yours?” God’s Answer

Now it was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.

And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself a long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice,