1 Kings 3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
1 Kings 3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
1 Kings 3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
1 Kings 3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
1 Kings 3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
1 Kings 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
1 Kings 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
1 Kings 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
1 Kings 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
1 Kings 3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
1 Kings 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
1 Kings 4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
1 Kings 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
1 Kings 4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
1 Kings 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers;: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
1 Kings 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
1 Kings 4:7 And Solomon had twelve ㆍ officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
1 Kings 4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
1 Kings 4:9 The son of Dekar ㆍ, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: