1Kings:3:23-28

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* 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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