1 Kings 3:16-28

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

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

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

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

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

  21 H6965 [H8799] And when I rose H1242 in the morning H3243 [H8687] to nurse H1121 my child, H4191 [H8804] behold, he was dead: H995 [H8709] but when I had looked at H1242 him in the morning, H1121 behold, he was not my son, H3205 [H8804] whom I bore.

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

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

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

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

  26 H559 [H8799] Then spoke H802 the woman H2416 whose the living H1121 child H4428 was to the king, H7356 for her compassions H3648 [H8738] yearned H1121 over her son, H559 [H8799] and she said, H994 O H113 my sovereign, H5414 [H8798] give H2416 her the living H3205 [H8803] child, H4191 [H8687] and by no means H4191 [H8686] slay H559 [H8802] him. But the other said, H1504 [H8798] Let he be neither mine nor thine, but divide him.

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

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