1 Kings 3:22 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Then the other woman interrupted, “It certainly was your son, and the living child is mine.” “No,” the first woman said, “the living child is mine, and the dead one is yours.” And so they argued back and forth before the king.

Commentaries

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And the other woman said
The defendant: nay, but the living [is] my son, and the dead [is] your son…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the child loved be…