A poor man resolved to stay at home and be sustained by God. On a day of extreme poverty a fat cow entered his house and the poor man killed it and ate it. The rich owner claimed it and appealed to David, who ordered the poor man to pay for the loss. Solomon then asked his father to allow him to judge. He asked the rich
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man to forego his claim, but he refused. Solomon then invited all Israel outside Jerusalem, in order to show them his judgment. He brought a man to life who was buried under a tree and who turned out to be the father of the poor man. He had been murdered by slaves on coming home and robbed of all riches. The instigator was this very same rich man. The son then rose up, avenged his murdered father, killed the man and inherited the property which rightfully belonged to him.
(16) = No. 29 above. An important variant of the disputation between a Jew and Gentile about their faiths.