11:003:019 And this woman’s child died in the
night; because she overlaid
it.
11:003:020 And she arose at midnight, and took my
son from beside me,
while
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and
laid
her
dead child in my bosom.
11:003:021 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.
11:003:022 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.
11:003:023 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.
11:003:024 And the king said, Bring me a sword.
And they brought a sword
before
the king.
11:003:025 And the king said, Divide the living child
in two, and give
half
to the one, and half to the other.
11:003:026 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.
11:003:027 Then the king answered and said, Give her
the living child,
and
in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
11:003:028 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.
11:004:001 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
11:004:002 And these were the princes which he had;
Azariah the son of
Zadok
the priest,
11:004:003 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha,
scribes; Jehoshaphat
the
son of Ahilud, the recorder.
11:004:004 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the host: and Zadok
and
Abiathar were the priests:
11:004:005 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over
the officers: and Zabud
the
son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s
friend:
11:004:006 And Ahishar was over the household:
and Adoniram the son of
Abda
was over the tribute.
11:004:007 And Solomon had twelve officers over all
Israel, which
provided
victuals for the king and his household: each
man his
month
in a year made provision.
11:004:008 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
11:004:009 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim,
and Bethshemesh,
and
Elonbethhanan:


