1Kings:3:16-28
bes@1Kings:3:16 @ Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.
bes@1Kings:3:17 @ And the one woman said, Hear me, my lord; I and this woman dwelt in one house, and we were delivered in the house.
bes@1Kings:3:18 @ And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered: and we were together; and there (note:)Gr. is(:note) was no one with us besides our two selves in the house.
bes@1Kings:3:19 @ And this woman’s child died in the night; because she (note:)Gr. slept upon it(:note) overlaid it.
bes@1Kings:3:20 @ and she arose in the middle of the night, (note:)Hebrews. and Alex. +’while thine handmaid slept’(:note) and took my son from my arms, and laid him in her bosom, and Gr. caused to sleep laid her dead son in my bosom.
bes@1Kings:3:21 @ and I arose in the morning to suckle my son, and he was dead: and, behold, I considered him in the morning, and, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.
bes@1Kings:3:22 @ And the other woman said, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. So they spoke before the king.
bes@1Kings:3:23 @ and the king said to them, Thou sayest, This is my son, even the living one, and this woman’s son is the dead one: and thou sayest, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son.
bes@1Kings:3:24 @ And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
bes@1Kings:3:25 @ And the king said, Divide the live child, the suckling, in two; and give half of it to one, and half of it to the other.
bes@1Kings:3:26 @ And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for (note:)Gr. her womb was troubled(:note) her bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.
bes@1Kings:3:27 @ Then the king answered and said, Give the child to her that said, «Give it to her, and by no means slay it:’ she is its mother.
bes@1Kings:3:28 @ and all Israel heard this judgement which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute judgement.
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