1 Kings 3:23-25

New Catholic Bible

²³ The king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, the living one, and that is your son, the dead one,’ while the other one says, ‘No! Your son is dead, my son is alive.’ ” ²⁴ The king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword to the king. ²⁵ The king said, “Divide the living child in two. Give one-half to one of them, and one-half to the other.”