“And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.”
"And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, but I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in." — Solomon expresses *humility* before the magnitude of kingship: *va-ani na'ar katon lo yada'ti letset u-lavo* (I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in). The phrase *na'ar katan* (little child) is self-deprecating, even if Solomon is not literally young—it expresses *spiritual littleness* before the kingship. The idiom *letset u-lavo* (to go out and come in) is the language of *leadership and judgment*—Solomon confesses his unreadiness for these tasks.
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