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1 Kings 3:23

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Then 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.’ ”

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1 Kings 3:23 in other translations

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 3:23 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 3:23 in context

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.
  3. 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.’ ”
  4. 24The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
  5. 25The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”