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1 KINGS 3:22

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. ...

1 KINGS 3:23

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. ...

1 KINGS 3:24

And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. ...

1 KINGS 3:25

And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. ...

1 KINGS 3:26

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]. ...

1 KINGS 3:27

Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she [is] the mother thereof. ...

1 KINGS 3:28

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. ...

1 KINGS 4:1

So king Solomon was king over all Israel. ...

1 KINGS 4:2

And these [were] the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, ...

1 KINGS 4:3

Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. ...

1 KINGS 4:4

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests: ...

1 KINGS 4:5

And Azariah the son of Nathan [was] over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan [was] principal officer, [and] the king's friend: ...