1 Kings 3:24

Therefore the king said, “Bring a sword to me.” And when they had brought a sword before the king,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Then said the king: “This one says, ‘My son is alive, and your son is dead.’ And the other responds, ‘No, instead your son is dead, but mine lives.’”

25he said, “Divide the living infant in two parts, and give a half part to the one and a half part to the other.”

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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 →

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