The king said, “This one keeps saying, ‘My son is alive—your son is dead,’ and that one keeps saying, ‘No! Your son is dead—my son is alive.’ ”
The other woman said, “No! My son is alive—your son is dead.” The first woman kept on saying, “No! Your son is dead—my son is alive.” So they argued in front of the king.
So the king told his servants to bring him a sword. When they brought it,
The heart of a righteous person carefully considers how to answer, but the mouths of wicked people pour out a flood of evil things.