1 Kings 3:22-28

1 Kings 3:22-28

[22] 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.  [23] 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.  [24] And the king  said,  Bring  me a sword.  And they brought  a sword  before  the king.  [25] And the king  said,  Divide  the living  child  in two,  and give  half  to the one,  and half  to the other.  [26] Then spake  the woman  whose the living  child  was unto the king,  for her bowels  yearned  upon her son,  and she said,  my lord,  give  her the living  child,  and in no wise  it. But the other said,  Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide  it. [27] Then the king  answered  and said,  Give  her the living  child,  and in no wise  it: she is the mother  thereof. [28] 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.