21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne.”
22 Then the other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” And the first woman said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.
23 And the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ”
24 Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
25 And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in 1 Kings 3:23:
Dead {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
One {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Other definition entries containing 1 Kings 3:23:
Child; Children {I.S.B.E.}
Decision {I.S.B.E.}
Proverbs, The Book Of {I.S.B.E.}
Queen Of Sheba {I.S.B.E.}
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