22 And the other woman responded: 'It is not such as you say. Instead, your son is dead, but mine is alive.' To the contrary, she said: 'You are lying. For my son lives, and your son is dead.' And in this manner, they were contending before the king.
23 Then said the king: 'This one says, 'My son is alive, and your son is dead.' And the other responds, 'No, instead your son is dead, but mine lives.'
24 Therefore the king said, 'Bring a sword to me.' And when they had brought a sword before the king,
25 he said, 'Divide the living infant in two parts, and give a half part to the one and a half part to the other.'
26 But the woman, whose son was alive, said to the king, for her heart was moved concerning her son, 'I beg you, my lord, give the living infant to her, and do not kill him.' To the contrary, the other said, 'Let it be neither for me, nor for you, instead divide it.'
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