The Judgment of Solomon: Difference between revisions

One of the two babies born to the women had died, and now the surviving baby was also in danger of dying. The response of the two women to Solomon's command was sharply contrasting. One woman, dumbstruck, pleaded, “Please, give her the living baby! Don't kill him!” Another woman agreed to kill the child, saying, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Kings+3%3A26&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=1 Kings 3:26 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Solomon ruled that the woman who tried to protect the life of her child was the true mother. The woman who agreed to kill her child was a false woman pretending to be his mother. Through Solomon's wisdom, the child could safely return to his mother's arms. This spread throughout Israel, and the people feared Solomon because the wisdom of God was in him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Kings+3%3A28&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=1 Kings 3:28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>