1 Kings 3:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the king said, One says, The living child is my son, and yours is the dead: and the other says, Not so; but your son is the dead one and mine is the living.

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  • 1 Kgs 3:20-22
    3 verses
    94%

    20 And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

    21 And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

    22 And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 3:24-27
    4 verses
    83%

    24 Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.

    25 And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.

    26 Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.

    27 Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.

  • 2 Kgs 6:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28 And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

    29 So, boiling my son, we had a meal of him; and on the day after I said to her, Now give your son for our food; but she has put her son in a secret place.

  • 2 Sam 14:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

    6 And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

    7 And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 3:17
    71%

    17 And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.

  • 2 Sam 14:10-12
    3 verses
    71%

    10 And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.

    11 Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.

    12 Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

  • 1 Kgs 20:39-40
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    70%

    39 And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment.

    40 But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself.

  • 2 Sam 13:35
    70%

    35 And Jonadab said to the king, See, the king's sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is.

  • 2 Sam 14:18-19
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    69%

    18 Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.

    19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:

  • Prov 31:2
    69%

    2 What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

  • 2 Kgs 8:5-6
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    69%

    5 And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.

    6 And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.

  • 1 Kgs 17:23
    69%

    23 And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.

  • 1 Sam 17:56
    69%

    56 And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.

    13 Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

    21 For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

  • Gen 44:27
    68%

    27 And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;

  • Gen 44:30
    68%

    30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

  • Luke 15:11
    68%

    11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • 2 Sam 14:16
    68%

    16 For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23
    68%

    23 Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
    68%

    24 And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

  • John 4:51
    68%

    51 And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.

  • 2 Kgs 4:19
    68%

    19 And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

  • 1 Kgs 2:15
    68%

    15 And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.

  • Eccl 4:15
    68%

    15 I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.

  • Deut 21:15
    68%

    15 If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

  • 2 Sam 12:19
    68%

    19 But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.

  • 2 Sam 14:3
    67%

    3 And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
    67%

    37 And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria.

  • 2 Sam 13:33
    67%

    33 So now, let not my lord the king take this thing to heart, with the idea that all the king's sons are dead: for only Amnon is dead.

  • 2 Sam 12:23
    67%

    23 But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    67%

    16 And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
    67%

    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

  • 2 Sam 13:30
    67%

    30 Now while they were on their way, news was given to David that Absalom had put to death all the sons of the king and that not one of them was still living.