Bible Verses About Judge: Kings and other rulers as

After this, there came to the king two women who were prostitutes. After presenting themselves to him,

one of the women said, "My lord, I and this woman live in the same house; and when she was in the house, I gave birth to a baby.

Three days after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. We were there together; there was no one else with us in the house except the two of us.

During the night this woman's child died, because she rolled over on top of it.

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from next to me, while your servant was sleeping, and put it in her arms; and she laid her dead child in my arms.

When I awoke in the morning to feed my child from my breast, there it was, dead. But when I took a closer look later in the morning, why, it wasn't my son at all - not the one I gave birth to!"

The other woman broke in, "No! The living one is my son, and the dead one is your son!" The first one said, "No! The dead one is your son and the living one is my son!" This is how they spoke in the presence of the king.

Then the king said, "This woman says, 'The living one is my son; your son is the dead one'; while the other says, 'No, the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.'

Bring me a sword," said the king. They brought a sword to the king.

The king said, "Cut the living child in two; give half to the one and half to the other."

At this, the woman to whom the living child belonged addressed the king, because she felt so strongly toward her son: "Oh, my lord, give her the living child; you mustn't kill it!" But the other one said, "It will be neither yours nor mine. Divide it up!"

Then the king answered, "Give the living child to the first woman, don't kill it, because she is its mother."

All Isra'el heard of the decision the king had made and held the king in awe, for they saw that God's wisdom was in him, enabling him to render justice properly.

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Move away, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; because ADONAI has called for a famine; and it will be on the land for seven years."

The woman acted at once and did as the man of God had said - she went with her household and stayed in the land of the P'lishtim for seven years.

At the end of seven years the woman returned from the land of the P'lishtim and sought an audience with the king to claim her house and land.

The king was talking with Geichazi the servant of the man of God. "Tell me," he said, "all the great things Elisha has done."

Just as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead person to life, at that very moment the woman whose son he had restored to life came to the king with her claim for her house and land. Geichazi said, "My lord, king, this is the woman; and this is her son, the one Elisha restored to life."

On being asked by the king, the woman verified it. At this, the king appointed a special officer and charged him, "Restore everything that belongs to her, including the income her fields have produced from the day she left them until now."

By Shlomo: God, give the king your fairness in judgment, endow this son of kings with your righteousness,

so that he can govern your people rightly and your poor with justice.

May mountains and hills provide your people with peace through righteousness.

May he defend the oppressed among the people, save the needy and crush the oppressor.

Meanwhile, Yeshua was brought before the governor, and the governor put this question to him: "Are you the King of the Jews?" Yeshua answered, "The words are yours."

But when he was accused by the head cohanim and elders, he gave no answer.