Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

1 Kings 3
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;
⁹ Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;