1 Kings 3:19-25

¹⁹And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,

²⁰and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me — and thy handmaid is asleep — and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

²¹and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.'

²²And the other woman saith, 'Nay, but my son is the living, and thy son the dead;' and this one saith, 'Nay, but thy son is the dead, and my son the living.' And they speak before the king.

²³And the king saith, 'This one saith, This is my son, the living, and thy son is the dead; and that one saith, Nay, but thy son is the dead, and my son the living.'

²⁴And the king saith, 'Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,

²⁵and the king saith, 'Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'