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1 Kings 3
²⁷ Then the king said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother."
²⁸ When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
1 Kings 4
¹ Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.
² These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;
³ Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
⁴ and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
⁵ and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s friend;
⁶ and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
⁷ Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year.
⁸ These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
⁹ Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;