23. Then King Solomon said, “One of you says, ‘My son is alive and your son is dead.’ Then the other one says, ‘No! Your son is dead and my son is alive.’ ”
24. The king sent his servants to get a sword. When they brought it to him,
25. he said, “Cut the living baby into two pieces, and give each woman half.”
26. The real mother of the living child was full of love for her son. So she said to the king, “Please, my master, don’t kill him! Give the baby to her!”But the other woman said, “Neither of us will have him. Cut him into two pieces!”
27. Then King Solomon said, “Don’t kill him. Give the baby to the first woman, because she is the real mother.”
28. When the people of Israel heard about King Solomon’s decision, they respected him very much. They saw he had wisdom from God to make the right decisions.