1 Kings 3:26

וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר ־ בְּנָהּ הַחַי אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּֽי ־ נִכְמְרוּ רַחֲמֶיהָ עַל ־ בְּנָהּ וַתֹּאמֶר ׀ בִּי אֲדֹנִי תְּנוּ ־ לָהּ אֶת ־ הַיָּלוּד הַחַי וְהָמֵת אַל ־ תְּמִיתֻהוּ וְזֹאת אֹמֶרֶת גַּם ־ לִי גַם ־ לָךְ לֹא יִהְיֶה גְּזֹֽרוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

In Context

25וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ גִּזְרוּ אֶת ־ הַיֶּלֶד הַחַי לִשְׁנָיִם וּתְנוּ אֶֽת ־ הַחֲצִי לְאַחַת וְאֶֽת ־ הַחֲצִי לְאֶחָֽת ׃

27וַיַּעַן הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר תְּנוּ ־ לָהּ אֶת ־ הַיָּלוּד הַחַי וְהָמֵת לֹא תְמִיתֻהוּ הִיא אִמּֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 39:3נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מִטּוֹב וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּֽר ׃

Jeremiah 31:20הֲבֵן יַקִּיר לִי אֶפְרַיִם אִם יֶלֶד שַׁעֲשֻׁעִים כִּֽי ־ מִדֵּי דַבְּרִי בּוֹ זָכֹר אֶזְכְּרֶנּוּ עוֹד עַל ־ כֵּן הָמוּ מֵעַי לוֹ רַחֵם אֲ‍ֽרַחֲמֶנּוּ נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃ ס

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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