1 Kings 3:25
23 Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
24 The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
26 Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
27 Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
- KJV
- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
- WEB
- The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
- ASV
- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
- DARBY
- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
- BLB
- And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one and half to one.”
- ÅB
- Da sa kongen: Hugg det levende barn i to stykker og gi den ene halvdel til den ene og den andre halvdel til den andre!
- OTB
- Og kongen instruerte, "Del det levende barnet i to, og gi halvparten til den ene og halvparten til den andre."
- B1930
- Da sa kongen: Hugg det levende barn i to stykker og gi den ene halvdel til den ene og den andre halvdel til den andre!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 25:8
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
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