1 Kings 3:25-27

Living Bible

²⁵ Then he said, “Divide the living child in two and give half to each of these women!”

²⁶ Then the woman who really was the mother of the child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, sir! Give her the child—don’t kill him!”

But the other woman said, “All right, it will be neither yours nor mine; divide it between us!”

²⁷ Then the king said, “Give the baby to the woman who wants him to live, for she is the mother!”