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1 Kings 3:27

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Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 1 Kings 3:28

    And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

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