1 Kings 3:24
The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
In Context
25and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
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 →