1 Kings 3:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

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  • 1 Kgs 3:26-28
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    91%

    26Then the woman whose the living child was, spoke to the king, for her heart yearned for her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours, but divide it.

    27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not kill it: she is the mother thereof.

    28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had made; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.

  • 1 Kgs 3:19-24
    6 verses
    86%

    19And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

    20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

    21And when I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had borne.

    22And the other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son. And this said, No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.

    23Then the king said, The one says, This is my son that lives, and your son is the dead; and the other says, No; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living.

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

  • 2 Kgs 6:28-30
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    76%

    28And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

    29So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.

    30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

  • Exod 1:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

    16And he said, When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools; if it is a son, then you shall kill him: but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

    17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.

    18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the male children alive?

  • 2 Sam 14:6-8
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    72%

    6And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.

    7And, behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they said, Deliver him who struck 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 extinguish my last remaining ember, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant on the earth.

    8And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.

  • 1 Kgs 3:17
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    17And one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I gave birth to a child with her in the house.

  • 2 Sam 14:10-12
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    10And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.

    11Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

    12Then the woman said, Let your maidservant, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak on.

  • 2 Sam 14:16
    69%

    16For the king will hear, to deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

  • Mark 6:27-28
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    27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

    28And brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl: and the girl gave it to her mother.

  • Esth 5:3
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    3Then the king said to her, What do you want, Queen Esther? And what is your request? It shall be given to you, even to the half of the kingdom.

  • Mark 6:23
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    23And he swore to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.

  • Matt 14:8-9
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    68%

    8And she, having been prompted by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist on a platter.

    9And the king was sorry: nevertheless, because of the oath, and those who sat with him at the table, he commanded it to be given to her.

  • 2 Sam 14:18-19
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    68%

    18Then the king answered and said to the woman, Do not hide from me, I pray you, the thing that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

    19And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken: for your servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant:

  • 1 Kgs 20:39
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    39And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he is missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

  • 2 Chr 25:3
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    3Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • 2 Kgs 8:6
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    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."

  • Exod 1:22
    67%

    22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.

  • 1 Kgs 17:19
    67%

    19And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her arms, and carried him up into the loft where he stayed, and laid him upon his own bed.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

  • Mark 6:25
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    25And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

  • Isa 7:16
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    16For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken by both her kings.

  • Esth 5:6
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    6And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your petition? And it shall be granted to you. And what is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
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    31And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

  • 2 Kgs 4:19
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    19And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12
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    12Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you advice, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.