he said, “Cut the living child in two. Give half to the one and half to the other.”
So the king told his servants to bring him a sword. When they brought it,
Then the woman whose son was still alive was deeply moved by her love for the child. She said to the king, “Please, sir, give her the living child. Please don’t kill him!” But the other woman said, “He won’t be mine or yours. Cut him ⌞in two⌟.”
Do not be in a hurry to go to court. What will you do in the end if your neighbor disgraces you?