1 Kings 3:23-25

GOD’S WORD Translation

²³ The king said, “This one keeps saying, ‘My son is alive—your son is dead,’ and that one keeps saying, ‘No! Your son is dead—my son is alive.’ ”

²⁴ So the king told his servants to bring him a sword. When they brought it, ²⁵ he said, “Cut the living child in two. Give half to the one and half to the other.”