I Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 347

zo overlaid it. Then she arose in the And Zebud-ben-Nathan Superin- middle of the night, and took my son x tandem of the Royal Farms; from my side, while your servant slept, and laid it to her breast, and

21 laid her dead son at my breast. When I arose iu the morning to suckle my child, then I saw acorpse, and having examined it in the morning, I saw that it was not my child, which I had 22 T hen the I other woman said, No! for my child is the living, but yours is the dead I ' 26 Nay! for

your childis the dead, and my child is the living, and you shall answer for it before the king l O¤e

asserts ‘ My child is the living, and yours is the dead} and the other asserts, ‘ Noi for your child his the dead, and my child is the living! Fetch And they brought a sword to the king. When the king Split the living child into two, and give half to the one, and half to The woman, however, whose the living child was, replied to the king, for her affection quivered over her My lord! give the living child to her, instead of the dead! Do·notki11it! And thus you will preserve it for me, and for her! It shall not be split! Give her thelivingohild, and kill it not, she is its mother. 28 And all Israel heard of this judg- ment that the king had delivered, and they paid him respect, for they saw that divine wisdom was in his breast to do justice. (ac. xor4.) Salomon appoints his Ministers. Thus Solomon became king over all Israel. And these were his Princes: Azariah-ben-Zadok, the Priest; _ Alikheraf, and Akhiah, sons of Shisha, were Chancellors; ]hoshafat - ben · Akhiud, was the Recorder-; And Beniah-ben-jhoiadah, was over the army; And Zadok and Abiathar were Priests. And Azariah ·,-ben - Nathan was Superintendent of the Governors; And Akhishur was Superintendent 6 of the Palace; And Adoniram-ben-Abda, Superin- tendent of the Taxes. (B.c. 1014.) ¥r¤lrinria1 Guhzrtturs Qdppnintzh. Solomon also had twelve Gover- 7 nors over all Israel, who also sus- tained the king and his family, each a month in a year,—they were to equalise the expenses, and these 8 were their names. Ben Khor, in Mount Ephraim; g Ben Dakar, in Makaz, and Shalbim, and Betlrshemsh, and the oak wood of Betlrkhanan; Ben Khesed in Arboth, with

Sokah, and all the district of Khafir; Ben~Abiriadab over all Nafath·dor. (Tafath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.) To Ana—ben—Akhilud were Thanak,

and Megiddo, and all Bethshan to Abel—Makholah, as far as the ford of jekemam. Ben—Gabar was at Ramoth·Gilad.

He had the villages of Ben-Manasseh, that are in Gilad, with the district of Argob, that lies in Bashan. Sixty great walled cities, with walls and brass gates. Akhinadab·ben—Ada was at Mak- hanim; Akhirnatz in Naphthali. (He also

married as his wife Basmath, the daughter of Solomon;) Bana—ben·Khoshai, in Asher, and Baloth; ]hoshafat—ben-Paranh, in Issakar; Shimai=-ben·Ala, in Benjamin; I0 II I2 16 18

Gabar·ben-Ari, in the land of 19 Gilad, the district of Sihon, King of the Ameri, and Og, King of Bashan, which district was a single govern- ment. And judah and Israel increased zo like the sand which is by the sea, with plenty to eat and drink, and engoy. (nc. r<>r4.) ®stmi uf Salnmmfs ®mpirz. Solomon was also Emperor of all 5 the Kingdoms from the River} to the is always meant the

Euphrates, which hows from the Caucasus mountains in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south of Central Asia.-·F. F. 347