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22 Then the other woman said, “No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” But [a]the first woman said, “No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.

23 Then the king said, “[b]The one says, ‘This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one’; and [c]the other says, ‘No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’” 24 And the king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.

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  1. 1 Kings 3:22 Lit this one was saying
  2. 1 Kings 3:23 Lit this one
  3. 1 Kings 3:23 Lit this one