22. But the other woman said, “No! The living baby is my son. The dead baby is yours!”But the first woman said, “No! The dead baby is yours, and the living one is mine!” So the two women argued before the king.
23. Then King Solomon said, “Each of you says the living baby is your own. And each of you says the dead baby belongs to the other woman.”
24. Then King Solomon sent his servants to get a sword. When they brought it to him,
25. he said, “Cut the living baby into two pieces. Give each woman half of the baby.”
26. The real mother of the living child was full of love for her son. She said to the king, “Please, my master, don’t kill him! Give the baby to her!”But the other woman said, “Neither of us will have him. Cut him into two pieces!”
27. Then King Solomon said, “Give the baby to the first woman. Don’t kill him. She is the real mother.”
28. When the people of Israel heard about King Solomon’s decision, they respected him very much. They saw he had wisdom from God to make the right decisions.