1 Kings 3:25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The king said, “Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the one and half to the other.”

Cross References

1 Kings 3:24

So the king said, “Bring me a sword,” and they brought a sword before the king.

1 Kings 3:26

But the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because compassion for her son burned within her, “Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him!” The other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.”

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?