it were hers, for she would be content to have it alive and only look at it, even if it should seem to be another’s, while the other woman was prepared to see it divided and even asked that she herself^a be put to torture. Thereupon the king, recognizing that the words of either were prompted by her true sentiments, adjudged the child to the one who cried out, holding that she was really its mother, and condemned the other for her wickedness both in having killed her own son and in being anxious to see her friend’s child destroyed. This the multitude considered a great sign and proof of the king’s prudence and wisdom, and from that day on hearkened to him as to one possessed of a godlike understanding.

(3)^b Now his generals and governors of the whole Solomon’s provincial governors. 1 kings iv. 7. country were as follows’ over the territory of Ephraim was Urēs^c; and over the toparchy of Bithiemes^d was Dioklēros^e; the district of Dor and the coast were under Abinadab^f who had married Solomon’s daughter^g; the great plain^h was under Banaiasⁱ the son of Achilos,^j who also governed all the country as far as the Jordan; all of Galaditis and Gaulanitis^k up to Mount Lebanon was governed by