1 Kings 3:23
Then said the king, The one says, This my son that liveth, and your son the dead: and the other says, no; but your son the dead, and my son the living.
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Context
21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
22 And the other woman said, no; but the living my son, and the dead your son. And this said, No; but the dead your son, and the living my son. Thus they spake before the king.
23 Then said the king, The one says, This my son that liveth, and your son the dead: and the other says, no; but your son the dead, and my son the living.
24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.