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1 Kings 3:25 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.” "
1 Kings 3:25
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23 Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”
24 The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
25 The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
26 Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
27 Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
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1 Kings 3:1
"Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, the LORD’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem."
1 Kings 3:2
"However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for the LORD’s name."
1 Kings 3:3
"Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places."
1 Kings 3:4
"The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar."
1 Kings 3:5
"In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”"
1 Kings 3:6
"Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today."
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