Old Testament · VERSE 25

1 Kings 3:25

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And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

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1 Kings 3:23

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.

1 Kings 3:24

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

1 Kings 3:25SELECTED VERSE

And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

1 Kings 3:26

Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

1 Kings 3:27

Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

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