1 Kings 3:24

And the king said,.... To one of his officers:

divide the living child in two; not that he meant it should be actually done, though it might at first be thought he really intended it, and so strike…

An instance is here given of Solomon's wisdom, to show that the grant lately made him had a real effect upon him. The proof is fetched, not from the mysteries of state and the policies of the…

Bring me a sword As the verb is not the same as that which in the next clause is rendered -brought", it may be well to use different English. Read - Fetch me a sword."