And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
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 by no means kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine.