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He then gave an order: "Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other."New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other." GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
he said, "Cut the living child in two. Give half to the one and half to the other." King James Bible
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. American King James Version
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. American Standard Version
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Bible in Basic English
And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other. Douay-Rheims Bible
Divide, said he, the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Darby Bible Translation
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. English Revised Version
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. World English Bible
The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other." Young's Literal Translation
and the king saith, 'Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.' | | Geneva Study Bible And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Wesley's Notes 3:25 Said - Though with a design far above the reach of the two women, or of the people present, who probably with horror expected the execution of it. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 3:16-28 An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the child loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child best: the mother's sincerity will be tried, when the child is in danger. Let parents show their love to their children, especially by taking care of their souls, and snatching them as brands out of the burning. By this and other instances of the wisdom with which God endued him, Solomon had great reputation among his people. This was better to him than weapons of war; for this he was both feared and loved. | |
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1 Kings 3:24 The king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.
1 Kings 3:26 Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son and said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him." But the other said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!" (NASB ©1995) |
Child Cut Divide Half Order And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.Divide This was apparently a very strange decision; but Solomon saw that the only way to discover the real mother was by the affections and tenderness should would necessarily shew to her offspring. The plan was tried, and succeeded; and it was a proof of his sound judgment, penetration, and acquaintance with the human heart, or rather, of his extraordinary and supernatural wisdom. See verse 28. The two following instances are in some faint manner to be compared to Solomon's decision, inasmuch as they also work upon the human sympathies. Suetionius, in his Life of the emperor Claudian, tells us, that this emperor discovered a woman to be the real mother of a young man, whom she refused to acknowledge, by commanding her to marry him, the proofs being doubtful on both sides; for, rather than commit incest, she confessed the truth. Diodorus Siculus also informs us, that Ariopharnes, king of Thrace, being appointed to decided between three young men, each of whom professed to be the son of the deceased king of the Cimmerians, and claimed the succession, discovered the real son by ordering each to shoot an arrow into the dead body of the king: two of them did this without hesitation; but the real son of the deceased monarch refused. Pr 25:8
Bible Gateway: 1 Kings Chapter 3 Verse 25 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified Alphabetical: an and child Cut Divide gave give half He in king living one order other said the then to two THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright ;© 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. OT History: 1 Kings 3:25 The king said Divide the living child (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools 1 Kings 3:25 Bible Software
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