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King Solomon, son to David was a man of great wisdom. According to I Kings in the Holy Bible, Solomon received his wisdom from God for the purpose of ruling over Israel. Solomon was only a young boy, but was charged to be King when his father David died. “Wh ....

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.... had a son. She also goes on to tell the King that one night the other woman lay on her son and killed him; nevertheless, this same woman took the living son and claimed him as hers. The other woman said, “No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours” (I Kings 3:22). After listening to the plea of the two women, King Solomon told his servants to bring him a sword, and the solution would be to cut the baby in half. His plan was to trick the two women by offering to cut the baby in half, allowing one half to go to each mother. The real mother of the child said to the King “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” ....