1 Kings 3:25
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ גִּזְרוּ אֶת ־ הַיֶּלֶד הַחַי לִשְׁנָיִם וּתְנוּ אֶֽת ־ הַחֲצִי לְאַחַת וְאֶֽת ־ הַחֲצִי לְאֶחָֽת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
24וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ קְחוּ לִי ־ חָרֶב וַיָּבִאוּ הַחֶרֶב לִפְנֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 25:8אַל ־ תֵּצֵא לָרִב מַהֵר פֶּן מַה ־ תַּעֲשֶׂה בְּאַחֲרִיתָהּ בְּהַכְלִים אֹתְךָ רֵעֶֽךָ ׃
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 →