1 Kings 3:24

And the king said—Bring me a sword! So they 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, The one woman, is saying, This, is, my son, the one that liveth, and, thy son, is, the one that is dead,—and, the other, is saying, Nay! but, thy son, is, the dead one, and, my son, the, living.

25Then said the king, Divide the living child, in twain,—and give half to the one, and half 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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