1 Kings 3:23-28

23 Then the king said, "The one says, "This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead'; while the other says, "Not so! Your son is dead, and my son is the living one.' "
24 So the king said, "Bring me a sword," and they brought a sword before the king.
25 The king said, "Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the one, and half to the other."
26 But the woman whose son was alive said to the king—because compassion for her son burned within her—"Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him!" The other said, "It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it."
27 Then the king responded: "Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother."
28 All Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered; and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute justice.
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