1 Kings 3:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Then said the king, The one saith, This [is] my son that liveth, and thy son [is] the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son [is] the dead, and my son [is] the living.

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  • 1 Kgs 3:20-22
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    94%

    20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

    21And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

    22And the other woman said, Nay; but the living [is] my son, and the dead [is] thy son. And this said, No; but the dead [is] thy son, and the living [is] my son. Thus they spake before the king.

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

    24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

    25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

    26Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].

    27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she [is] the mother thereof.

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

    28And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

    29So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

  • 2 Sam 14:5-7
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    74%

    5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

    6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

    7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 3:17
    71%

    17And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

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

    10And the king said, Whosoever saith [ought] unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

    11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

    12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

  • 1 Kgs 20:39-40
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    70%

    39And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

    40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So [shall] thy judgment [be]; thyself hast decided [it].

  • 2 Sam 13:35
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    35And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.

  • 2 Sam 14:18-19
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    69%

    18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

    19And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

  • Prov 31:2
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    2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

  • 2 Kgs 8:5-6
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    5And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

    6And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that [was] hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

  • 1 Kgs 17:23
    69%

    23And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

  • 1 Sam 17:56
    69%

    56And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling [is].

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

    12Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

    13Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

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

    20And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

  • Gen 44:27
    68%

    27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two [sons]:

  • Gen 44:30
    68%

    30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad [be] not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

  • Luke 15:11
    68%

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

  • 2 Sam 14:16
    68%

    16For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23
    68%

    23Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
    68%

    24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

  • John 4:51
    68%

    51And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told [him], saying, Thy son liveth.

  • 2 Kgs 4:19
    68%

    19And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

  • 1 Kgs 2:15
    68%

    15And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

  • Eccl 4:15
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    15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

  • Deut 21:15
    68%

    15¶ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

  • 2 Sam 12:19
    68%

    19But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

  • 2 Sam 14:3
    67%

    3And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
    67%

    37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

  • 2 Sam 13:33
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    33Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

  • 2 Sam 12:23
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    23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
    67%

    27Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed [it] unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

  • 2 Sam 13:30
    67%

    30¶ And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.