1 Kings 3:24-28

24The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.

25The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”

26Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for 12she was deeply stirred over her son and said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!”

27Then the king said, “Give 3the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.”

28When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had 4handed down, they feared the king, for 5they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to 6administer justice.