1 Kings 3:23

And the king said to them, Thou sayest, This is my son, even the living one, and this woman’s son is the dead one: and thou sayest, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And the other woman said, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. So they spoke before the king.

24And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:22And the other woman said, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. So they spoke before the king.

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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