1 Kings 3:25-28

²⁵And the king said, Hew the living child in two, and give the one half to one, and the other half to the other.

²⁶Then spoke the woman whose son was the living unto the king, for her love had become enkindled for her son, and she said, O pardon, my Lord, give her the living child, and only do not slay it; but the other said, Neither mine nor thine shall it be, hew it asunder.

²⁷The king then answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not slay it: she is its mother.

²⁸And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.