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## 1 Kings 3:16-22 in Context (Verses 13–25 KJV)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/13) And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.*
 
 [14 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/14) And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/15) And Solomon awoke; and, behold, *it was* a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/16) ¶ Then came there two women, *that were* harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/17) And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/18) And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we *were* together; *there was* no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/19) And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/20) And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/21) And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/22) And the other woman said, Nay; but the living *is* my son, and the dead *is* thy son. And this said, No; but the dead *is* thy son, and the living *is* my son. Thus they spake before the king.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/23) 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.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/24) And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/1-kings/3/25) And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
 
[1 Kings 2](/kjv/1-kings/2) [1 Kings 4](/kjv/1-kings/4)

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