1 Kings 3:22-28

22The other woman said, “No! My son is alive—your son is dead.” The first woman kept on saying, “No! Your son is dead—my son is alive.” So they argued in front of the king.

23The king said, “This one keeps saying, ‘My son is alive—your son is dead,’ and that one keeps saying, ‘No! Your son is dead—my son is alive.’ ”

24So the king told his servants to bring him a sword. When they brought it,

25he said, “Cut the living child in two. Give half to the one and half to the other.”

26Then the woman whose son was still alive was deeply moved by her love for the child. She said to the king, “Please, sir, give her the living child. Please don’t kill him!” But the other woman said, “He won’t be mine or yours. Cut him ⌞in two⌟.”

27The king replied, “Give the living child to the first woman. Don’t kill him. She is his mother.”

28All Israel heard about the decision the king made. They respected the king very highly, because they saw he possessed wisdom from God to do what was right.