Part 5

11:003:012 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

11:003:013 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

11:003:014 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

11:003:015 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

11:003:016 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

11:003:017 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.

11:003:018 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.

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:

11:004:010 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

11:004:011 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: