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It is said that King Solomon, after the
death of the Grand Master Hiram, in order that justice might be administered among the workmen upon the Temple, their complaints heard, and their disputes be decided, appointed seven Provosts and Judges to adjust their demands, listen to their complaints, and settle any disputes and differences that
might arise among them. He appointed Tito, Prince of Herodim, to be the chief Provost and Judge, Adoniram, and Abda, his father, and four others learned in the law of Moses, to complete the number and constitute the Tribunal. They held their sittings in the middle chamber of the Temple, where the records of the Tribunal were kept, in a box of ebony, studded with precious gems, the key of which was committed to the Provosts or Judges ; and there they considered and adjusted the demands and differences of the workmen, and determined all appeals
from the judgment of a single Provost and Judge administering the same laws to the Phoenician as to the Hebrew, and endeavoring to do entire justice, according to the law of Moses, between man and man.
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