1 Kings 3:16-28

  16 H935 Then came [H8799]   H8147 there two H802 women H2181 , that were harlots [H8802]   H4428 , unto the king H5975 , and stood [H8799]   H6440 before him.

  17 H259 And the one H802 woman H559 said [H8799]   H994 , O H113 my lord H802 , I and this woman H3427 dwell [H8802]   H259 in one H1004 house H3205 ; and I was delivered of a child [H8799]   H1004 with her in the house.

  18 H7992 And it came to pass the third H3117 day H3205 after that I was delivered [H8800]   H802 , that this woman H3205 was delivered [H8799]   H3162 also: and we were together H2114 ; there was no stranger [H8801]   H1004 with us in the house H2108 , save H8147 we two H1004 in the house.

  19 H802 And this woman's H1121 child H4191 died [H8799]   H3915 in the night H7901 ; because she overlaid [H8804]   it.

  20 H6965 And she arose [H8799]   H8432 at midnight H3915   H3947 , and took [H8799]   H1121 my son H681 from beside H519 me, while thine handmaid H3463 slept H7901 , and laid [H8686]   H2436 it in her bosom H7901 , and laid [H8689]   H4191 her dead [H8801]   H1121 child H2436 in my bosom.

  21 H6965 And when I rose [H8799]   H1242 in the morning H1121 to give my child H3243 suck [H8687]   H4191 , behold, it was dead [H8804]   H995 : but when I had considered [H8709]   H1242 it in the morning H1121 , behold, it was not my son H3205 , which I did bear [H8804]  .

  22 H312 And the other H802 woman H559 said [H8799]   H2416 , Nay; but the living H1121 is my son H4191 , and the dead [H8801]   H1121 is thy son H559 . And this said [H8802]   H4191 , No; but the dead [H8801]   H1121 is thy son H2416 , and the living H1121 is my son H1696 . Thus they spake [H8762]   H6440 before H4428 the king.

  23 H559 Then said [H8799]   H4428 the king H2063 , The one H559 saith [H8802]   H1121 , This is my son H2416 that liveth H1121 , and thy son H4191 is the dead [H8801]   H2063 : and the other H559 saith [H8802]   H1121 , Nay; but thy son H4191 is the dead [H8801]   H1121 , and my son H2416 is the living.

  24 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799]   H3947 , Bring [H8798]   H2719 me a sword H935 . And they brought [H8686]   H2719 a sword H6440 before H4428 the king.

  25 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799]   H1504 , Divide [H8798]   H2416 the living H3206 child H8147 in two H5414 , and give [H8798]   H2677 half H259 to the one H2677 , and half H259 to the other.

  26 H559 Then spake [H8799]   H802 the woman H2416 whose the living H1121 child H4428 was unto the king H7356 , for her bowels H3648 yearned [H8738]   H1121 upon her son H559 , and she said [H8799]   H994 , O H113 my lord H5414 , give [H8798]   H2416 her the living H3205 child [H8803]   H4191 , and in no wise [H8687]   H4191 slay [H8686]   H559 it. But the other said [H8802]   H1504 , Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide [H8798]   it .

  27 H4428 Then the king H6030 answered [H8799]   H559 and said [H8799]   H5414 , Give [H8798]   H2416 her the living H3205 child [H8803]   H4191 , and in no wise [H8687]   H4191 slay [H8686]   H517 it: she is the mother thereof.

  28 H3478 And all Israel H8085 heard [H8799]   H4941 of the judgment H4428 which the king H8199 had judged [H8804]   H3372 ; and they feared [H8799]   H6440 the king H7200 : for they saw [H8804]   H2451 that the wisdom H430 of God H7130 was in him H6213 , to do [H8800]   H4941 judgment.