1 Kings 3:24

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22. 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.

23. 1 Kings 3:23

    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.

25. 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.

26. 1 Kings 3:26

    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.

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