NET Bible
"The king ordered,“Get me a sword!” So they placed a sword before the king."
— 1 Kings 3:24, NET Bible
“And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.”
“And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. ”
“The king said, "Get me a sword." They brought a sword before the king.”
“The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king,”
“Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.”
“And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.”
I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby.”
The other woman said,“No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied,“No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king.
The king said,“One says,‘My son is alive; your son is dead,’ while the other says,‘No, your son is dead; my son is alive.’”
The king ordered,“Get me a sword!” So they placed a sword before the king.
The king then said,“Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!”
The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said,“My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” But the other woman said,“Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”
The king responded,“Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”