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# General Information:
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Solomon asks for wisdom.
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# your servant
Solomon speaks as if he is another person to show respect to Yahweh. AT: "me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])
# I am only a little child
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Solomon is saying that he is like a child who does not know as much as a father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I do not know how to go out or come in
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This is an idiom that means Solomon does not know how to govern as king. AT: "I do not know how to be the king" or "I do not know the right way to do things as king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# For who is able to judge this great people of yours?
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Solomon asks a question to emphasize that he knows that no one can judge. AT: "No one is able to judge this great people of yours." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])