. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. And when I woke in the morning to feed my child, it was dead;but when I looked upon it, I saw it was not my child. After this woman was done speaking, the other contradicted her, saying, No,the living is my son, and the dead is thine. And the king called out to hisservants, Bring here a sword! And they brought it. And the king said, Cutthe living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other. Then the true mother of the child, because she loved it, and would not haveit killed, said, O my lord, give her the living chi
. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. And when I woke in the morning to feed my child, it was dead;but when I looked upon it, I saw it was not my child. After this woman was done speaking, the other contradicted her, saying, No,the living is my son, and the dead is thine. And the king called out to hisservants, Bring here a sword! And they brought it. And the king said, Cutthe living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other. Then the true mother of the child, because she loved it, and would not haveit killed, said, O my lord, give her the living child, and on no account slay the other, who pretended to be its mother, said, Yes, cut it in two. Thenthe king commanded that the child should be given to the woman who hadpity upon it, because he knew that it must be hers. It was to find out this thathe called for the sword, not because he intended to slay the child. And all the people heard of what the king had done, and they served him, because they saw that God had given him wisdom to judge aright. 138. TWO WOMEN COMB TO 90LOMON FOE JUDGMENT. 139 : Ill .1; Solomon Builds the Temple. T riNG Solomon was ruler not only over the children of Israel, but other^\_ nations that lived near to them, also obeyed him, and brought himpresents of precious things. And God gave Solomon great wisdom andriches; he had many officers and servants, and many great men came to visithim in his palace. Every day there were killed for his table and the table ofhis servants, ten oxen that had been fatted in the stable, twenty oxen broughtin from the field, and a hundred sheep; beside roe-bucks, ? deer, and fatted had also forty thousand horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. When David was king, he had made ready stones, and timber, and iron, forthe house of the Lord, or temple, that was to be built. And he told where itshould stand: on the top of mount Moriah, he said, where Araunairs threshing-floor had been. Da
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