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husbands, so no daddy could speak. No one else
lived in the house with them, so there were no
witnesses.
The king wisely requested for a sword and
ordered that the live baby be divided into two.
The mother cried out “No! Don’t kill him. Give
her the baby instead.” But the other woman said,
“Yes, kill him so he won’t belong to either of us.”
Solomon then stood up and said to the real
mother, “This is your baby. Take him.”
The Bible says, “all Israel heard of the judgment
which the king had judged; and they feared the
king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in
him, to do judgment” (1 Kings 3:28). I told you
wisdom can be seen and heard.
LET WISDOM TAKE CHARGE OF YOU
Solomon knew the real mother wouldn’t want
her child killed. The false mother said, “Go ahead
and kill him, so neither of us will have him.” That’s
just like some people who say, “I cannot please
you and displease myself.” If you’re a Christian,