King Solomon was an excellent chess player. He played with Benaya his general and always won. Once a noise in the street drew Solomon to the window. Benaya took a piece from the board and won the game. Solomon surprised, reconstructed the game afterwards and found out what Benaya had done. Determined to make him confess publicly, he disguised himself and drew some thieves into the treasuries of the king and locked them in the innermost chamber. In the morning he called the Sanhedrin (the supreme rabbinic court) together, Benaya being one of the members. He asked what punishment a man deserved for stealing some of the king’s property. Benaya believing that he was meant confessed his guilt publicly. King Solomon smiled and said, “I am referring to some thieves in the treasury,” and was satisfied that he had made him confess by this clever ruse.