1Kings:3:16-28

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* Then came there two women , that were harlots , unto the king , and stood before him . * And the one woman said , O my lord , I and this woman dwell in one house ; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house . * And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered , that this woman was delivered also : and we were together ; there was no stranger with us in the house , save we two in the house . * And this woman 's child died in the night ; because she overlaid it . * And she arose at midnight , and took my son from beside me , while thine handmaid slept , and laid it in her bosom , and laid her dead child in my bosom . * And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck , behold , it was dead : but when I had considered it in the morning , behold , it was not my son , which I did bear . * And the other woman said , Nay ; but the living is my son , and the dead is thy son . And this said , No ; but the dead is thy son , and the living is my son . Thus they spake before the king . * Then said the king , The one saith , This is my son that liveth , and thy son is the dead : and the other saith , Nay ; but thy son is the dead , and my son is the living . * And the king said , Bring me a sword . And they brought a sword before the king . * And the king said , Divide the living child in two , and give half to the one , and half to the other . * Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king , for her bowels yearned upon her son , and she said , O my lord , give her the living child , and in no wise slay it . But the other said , Let it be neither mine nor thine , but divide it . * Then the king answered and said , Give her the living child , and in no wise slay it : she is the mother thereof . * And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged ; and they feared the king : for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him , to do judgment .

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