1 Kings 3:25-28

3:25 The king then said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!” 3:26 The real mother ¹  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ²  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ³  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!” 3:27 The king responded, “Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.” 3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ⁴  the king, for they realized ⁵  that he possessed supernatural wisdom ⁶  to make judicial decisions.

¹ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

² tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

³ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

⁴ tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

⁵ tn Heb “saw.”

⁶ tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”