“The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 3 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.