KJV ORIGINAL
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Then the king said, 'Bring me a sword.' So they brought a sword to the king.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
King Solomon calls for a sword as part of his famous strategy to determine which woman is the real mother of the disputed baby.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the famous story in the Bible where King Solomon, newly granted wisdom by God, faces a dispute between two women claiming to be the mother of the same baby. In the narrative, Solomon is testing the women's reactions to uncover the truth, as one woman's child had died and she tried to take the other's. The request for a sword is a dramatic step in his wise judgment to reveal the true mother's self-sacrificial love.
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