Reading 1st Kings 3:3-14, there is at least one fact that is easy to overlook. Solomon does “not pray for wisdom” in a vacuum. Solomon prays for a discerning heart because he is in a certain situation. In verse 9 Solomon says: “Therefore give to your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil” (NKJV). To repeat an oft-worn question— what’s the therefore there for?