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And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

בֶּאֱמֶ֧ת (בֶּ) be. “in”וּבִצְדָקָ֛ה (בִ) vi “in”וּבְיִשְׁרַ֥ת (בְ) ve. “in”

And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.

בַּמְּלָכִ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”

And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

בִּדְרָכַ֗י (בִּ) bi “in”

And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.

בְּבַ֣יִת (בְּ) be. “in”בַּבָּֽיִת׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּבַּ֔יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּבָּֽיִת׃ (בַּ) ba. “[were] in the”

And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

בְּת֨וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחֵיקָ֑הּ (בְּ) be. “in”בְחֵיקִֽי׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

בַּבֹּ֛קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “[was] <in>”

And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.

בַּשָּׁנָ֛ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

בְּהַ֥ר (בְּ) be. “in”

... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

בְּמָקַ֥ץ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖ים (בְ) ve. “in”

... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;

בָּֽאֲרֻבּ֑וֹת (בָּֽ) ba. “in <the>”

... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.

בְּרָמֹ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”בַּגִּלְעָ֗ד (בַּ) ba. “[are] in <the>”בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן (בַּ) ba. “[is] in <the>”

Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;

בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑י (בְּ) be. “in”

Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;

בְּאָשֵׁ֖ר (בְּ) be. “in”

Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

בְּיִשָׂשכָֽר׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; and one overseer had authority over all the overseers who were in the land.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “[was] in the”

And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “over”

For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “over”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “over”

For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

בְכָֽל־ (בְ) ve. “among”

He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן (בַּ) ba. “[is] in <the>”בַּקִּ֑יר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as t

בָּ֛נוּ (בָּ֛) Ba. “among <the>”