1 Kings 3:25
King James Version
“And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
Context
22And the other woman said, Nay; but the living my son, and the dead thy son. And this said, No; but the dead thy son, and the living my son. Thus they spake before the king.
23Then said the king, The one saith, This my son that liveth, and thy son the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son the dead, and my son the living.
24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
26Then spake the woman whose the living child unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, divide
27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she the mother thereof.
28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God in him, to do judgment.