1 Kings 3:23-25

Modern English Version

²³ Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead,’ and the other says, ‘No, but your son is dead, and my son is the living.’ ”

²⁴ So the king said, “Bring me a sword.” And they brought a sword before the king. ²⁵ The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”