1 Kings 3:24-27

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.”