1 Kings 3:25
And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
In Context
24Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:8Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:17-28
The Wisdom of Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20… Read the whole commentary →