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1 Kings 3:25

1 Kings 3:25 is verse 25 of 1 Kings chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

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King James Version

And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

World English Bible

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

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1 Kings 3:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible

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!”

27 Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

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Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king גִּזְר֛וּcut אֶת<obj.>הַיֶּ֥לֶדthe child הַחַ֖י<the> living לִשְׁנָ֑יִםinto two וּתְנ֤וּand give אֶֽת<obj.>הַחֲצִי֙<the> half לְאַחַ֔תto one וְאֶֽתand <obj.>הַחֲצִ֖י<the> half לְאֶחָֽתto one

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Cross-references

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

Proverbs 25:8
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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