Scripture · Old Testament
1 Kings 3:24
1 Kings 3:24 is verse 24 of 1 Kings chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
King James Version
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
World English Bible
The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
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1 Kings 3:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
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,
25 and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
26 Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
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