The following word is an amazing story from the
Old Testament (Tanakh). It is a true story. God´s
word though is prophetic, and I believe there are
layers even in this story.
I can see a story where political blocks struggle
regarding who should rightly be in charge, and the
answer is - the group, or the leader, that has the
true concern for the nation and the people´s
well-being.
Please observe I used an old English bible trans-
lation, "The Kings James version", which I happen
to like.
King Solomon in this story was the son of David,
who is best known to us for the killing of the giant
Goliath while David was still a young teenage
shepherd.
Solomon was considered the wisest man on Earth,
and kings and queens came from far distance to
visit and see if the rumors were true.
1 Kings 3:16-28
Old Testament (Tanakh). It is a true story. God´s
word though is prophetic, and I believe there are
layers even in this story.
I can see a story where political blocks struggle
regarding who should rightly be in charge, and the
answer is - the group, or the leader, that has the
true concern for the nation and the people´s
well-being.
Please observe I used an old English bible trans-
lation, "The Kings James version", which I happen
to like.
King Solomon in this story was the son of David,
who is best known to us for the killing of the giant
Goliath while David was still a young teenage
shepherd.
Solomon was considered the wisest man on Earth,
and kings and queens came from far distance to
visit and see if the rumors were true.
1 Kings 3:16-28
Then came there two women, that were
harlots,
unto the king, and stood before him.
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. 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.
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 to give
my child suck, behold, it was dead:
But when I had considered it in the morning,
be-
hold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 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.
