1 Kings 3:24
◄  1 Kings 3:24  ►
New International Version (©2011)
Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword for the king.

New Living Translation (©2007)
All right, bring me a sword." So a sword was brought to the king.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought before the king.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The king continued, "Bring me a sword." So they brought the sword to the king.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Somebody get me a sword." So they brought a sword to the king.

NET Bible (©2006)
The king ordered, "Get me a sword!" So they placed a sword before the king.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So the king told his servants to bring him a sword. When they brought it,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

American King James Version
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

American Standard Version
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king,

Darby Bible Translation
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

English Revised Version
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

World English Bible
The king said, "Get me a sword." They brought a sword before the king.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith, 'Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:16-28 An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the child loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child best: the mother's sincerity will be tried, when the child is in danger. Let parents show their love to their children, especially by taking care of their souls, and snatching them as brands out of the burning. By this and other instances of the wisdom with which God endued him, Solomon had great reputation among his people. This was better to him than weapons of war; for this he was both feared and loved.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 24. - And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a [Heb. the; the sword, i.e., of the executioner, or the sword for which he asked] sword before the king.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king said, bring me a sword,.... The design of which might not at first appear to the court, and it might be thought strange, and greatly wondered at: what should be the meaning of it:

and they brought a sword before the king; his commands were obeyed.

1 Kings 3:24 Parallel Commentaries
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Solomon Judges Wisely
…23Then said the king, The one said, This is my son that lives, and your son is the dead: and the other said, No; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. …

1 Kings 3:23 The king said, "This one says, 'My son is alive and your son is dead,' while that one says, 'No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.'"
1 Kings 3:25 He then gave an order: "Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other."