been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like."

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall. He spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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Some of the wise words of Solomon are: 'Go to the Ant Thou Sluggard," Proverbs, chap. 6, verses 6-11; “Seven Things the Lord Hateth," Proverbs, chap. 6, verses 16–19; “I Wisdom," Proverbs, chap. 8; " The Glutton and the Drunkard," Proverbs, chap. 23, verses 19-35; “ The Ant, the Coney, the Locust, and the Spider," Proverbs, chap. 30, verses 24-28; “ The Lying Lips," Proverbs, chap. 12, verses 17-22 and Proverbs, chap. 19, verse 9;" The Wicked," Proverbs, chap. 4, and Ecclesiastes, chap. 8, verses 11–13; “The Little City," Ecclesiastes, chap. 9, verses 13-18; "Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth," Ecclesiastes, chap. 12

THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON

THEN came there two women, unto the king, and stood before him.

And the one woman said, "O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. And it came to pass we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 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. And when I rose in the morning, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son."

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.

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

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

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."

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

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.

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Read about The House of the Lord that Solomon Built,” 1 Kings, chaps. 5, 6, and 7

THE TREASURES OF KING SOLOMON

AND King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea. And Hiram (king of Tyre) sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty