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1 Kings 3:23

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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.

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  1. 1 Kings 3:21

    And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

  2. 1 Kings 3:22

    And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

  3. 1 Kings 3:24

    And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

  4. 1 Kings 3:25

    And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

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