25. he said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other.”
26. The woman whose son was alive, because she was stirred with compassion for her son, said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby—do not kill it!” But the other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours. Cut it in two!”
27. The king then answered, “Give her the living baby! Do not kill it! She is the mother.”
28. When all Israel heard the judgment the king had given, they were in awe of him, because they saw that the king had in him the wisdom of God for giving right judgment.