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1 Kings 3:22

1 Kings 3:22 is verse 22 of 1 Kings chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.

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King James Version

And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

World English Bible

The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.

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1 Kings 3:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible

20 So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

21 The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”

22 “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.

23 Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”

24 The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,

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Hebrew words

וַתֹּאמֶר֩and she saidהָאִשָּׁ֨הthe womanהָאַחֶ֜רֶת<the> otherלֹ֣אIn-כִ֗יdeedבְּנִ֤י[is] son myהַחַי֙the living oneוּבְנֵ֣ךְand [is] son yourהַמֵּ֔תthe dead [one]וְזֹ֤אתand this [one]אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙[was] sayingלֹ֣אIn-כִ֔יdeedבְּנֵ֥ךְ[is] son yourהַמֵּ֖תthe dead [one]וּבְנִ֣יand [is] son myהֶחָ֑יthe living oneוַתְּדַבֵּ֖רְנָהand they spokeלִפְנֵ֥י<to> beforeהַמֶּֽלֶךְthe king

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 3:23

Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”

1 Kings 3:24

The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,

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