Kings III 3:14-22

¹⁴And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days.

¹⁵And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Zion: and he offered whole burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.

¹⁶Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.

¹⁷And the one woman said, Hear me, my lord; I and this woman dwelt in one house, and we were delivered in the house.

¹⁸And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered: and we were together; and there was no one with us besides our two selves in the house.

¹⁹And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

²⁰And she arose in the middle of the night, and took my son from my arms, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

²¹And I arose in the morning to suckle my son, and he was dead: and, behold, I considered him in the morning, and, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.

²²And the other woman said, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. So they spoke before the king.