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Summary
1 Kings 3:25-27 3:25. Divide, said he, the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other. 3:26. But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king; ... I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine; but divide it. 3:27. The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed; for she is the mother thereof.

(Respha is now called Rizpah.)

By: French artist Gustave Doré (1832-1883)