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23 The king said, |One says, 'My son is alive; your son is dead,' while the other says, 'No, your son is dead; my son is alive.'| 24 The king ordered, |Get me a sword!| So they placed a sword before the king. 25 The king then said, |Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!| 26 The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said, |My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don't kill him!| But the other woman said, |Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!| 27 The king responded, |Give the first woman the living child; don't kill him. She is the mother.| 28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions. 1 Kings 3:23-28, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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