1 Kings 3:16-28

16ThenH227 cameH935 twoH8147 womenH802, harlots, to the kingH4428, and stoodH5975 before him. 17And the first womanH802 saidH559, Ah, my lordH113! I and this womanH802 abode in oneH259 houseH1004; and I was delivered of a childH3205 with her in the houseH1004. 18And it came to pass the thirdH7992 dayH3117 after I was delivered, that this womanH802 was delivered alsoH1571; and we wereH1961 togetherH3162; no stranger was with us in the houseH1004, only we twoH8147 wereH1961 in the houseH1004. 19And this woman's child diedH4191 in the nightH3915; because she had lainH7901 upon it. 20And she aroseH6965 at midnight, and tookH3947 my sonH1121 from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laidH7901 it in her bosomH2436, and laidH7901 her deadH4191 sonH1121 in my bosomH2436. 21And when I roseH6965 in the morningH1242 to giveH3205 my child suckH3243, behold, it wasH1961 deadH4191; and I considered it in the morningH1242, and behold, it wasH1961 not my sonH1121, whom I boreH3205. 22And the otherH312 womanH802 saidH559, No, for the living is my sonH1121, and the deadH4191 is thy sonH1121. And this one saidH559, No, but the deadH4191 is thy sonH1121, and the living is my sonH1121. Thus they spokeH1696 before the kingH4428. 23Then saidH559 the kingH4428, The oneH2088 saysH559, This that is living is my sonH1121, and thy sonH1121 is the deadH4191; and the other saysH559, No, for thy sonH1121 is the deadH4191, and my sonH1121 is the living. 24And the kingH4428 saidH559, BringH935 me a swordH2719. And they broughtH935 a swordH2719 before the kingH4428. 25And the kingH4428 saidH559, Divide the living childH3206 in twoH8147, and giveH5414 halfH2677 to the oneH259, and halfH2677 to the other. 26Then spoke the womanH802 whose wasH1961 the living child to the kingH4428, for her bowels yearned over her sonH1121, and she saidH559, Ah, my lordH113! giveH5414 her the living child, and in no wise putH5414 it to deathH4191. But the other saidH559, Let it beH1961 neither mine nor thine; divide it. 27And the kingH4428 answered and saidH559, GiveH5414 this one the living childH3205, and in no wise putH5414 it to deathH4191: she is its motherH517. 28And all IsraelH3478 heardH8085 of the judgmentH4941 which the kingH4428 had judgedH8199; and they fearedH3372 the kingH4428, for they sawH7200 that the wisdomH2451 of 1GodH430 was in him, to do justiceH4941.