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1 Kings 3
²⁶ Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, "O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!" But the other said, "Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him."
²⁷ So the king answered and said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother."
²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
1 Kings 4
¹ So King Solomon was king over all Israel.
² And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
³ Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
⁴ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, over the army; Zadok and Abiathar, the priests;
⁵ Azariah the son of Nathan, over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest and the king’s friend;
⁶ Ahishar, over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda, over the labor force.
⁷ And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.
⁸ These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;