24. He sent for a sword, and when it was brought,
25. he said, “Cut the living child in two and give each woman half of it.”
26. The real mother, her heart full of love for her son, said to the king, “Please, Your Majesty, don't kill the child! Give it to her!”But the other woman said, “Don't give it to either of us; go ahead and cut it in two.”