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1 Kings 3:22

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The other woman said, “No; but the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.”
The first one said, “No; but the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.

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1 Kings 3:22 in other translations

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.

1 Kings 3:22 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 3:22 in context

  1. 20She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
  2. 21When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.”
  3. 22The other woman said, “No; but the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.”
    The first one said, “No; but the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.
  4. 23Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;’ and the other says, ‘No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ”
  5. 24The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.