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1 Kings 3:25
“The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 3
Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;' and the other says, 'No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.
The king said, "Get me a sword." They brought a sword before the king.
The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it!" But the other said, "It shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide it.
Then the king answered, "Give her the living child, and in no way kill it. She is its mother.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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