1 KINGS 3:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.”
"And the king said, 'Bring me a sword.' So a sword was brought before the king." — Solomon's command is cryptic: *qach li cherev* (bring me a sword). A *sword* is brought. The demand is unexpected; what does a sword have to do with determining motherhood? The audience (and the reader) is left in suspense.
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