1 Kings 3:27

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

"Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof." - 1 Kings 3:27
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What does 1 Kings 3:27 mean?

1 Kings 3:27 (KJV) - "Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof." This verse comes from the story of King Solomon's famous wisdom. In this passage, two women came to Solomon with a baby, each claiming to be the…

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The Wisdom of a Just King

In the realm of wisdom literature, few stories stand out as vividly as that of King Solomon’s wise judgment found in 1 Kings 3:27 (KJV): "Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof." This verse encapsulates a…

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A Prayer for Wisdom and Compassion in Leadership

O Heavenly Father, in the stillness of this moment, I come before You with a heart humbled by the depths of Your wisdom and truth. As I reflect upon the profound lesson found in 1 Kings 3:27, where King Solomon, in his divine wisdom, declared, "Give her the living child, and in…

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1 Kings 16:27 - "Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
1 Kings 13:27 - "And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him."
1 Kings 10:27 - "And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance."
1 Kings 9:27 - "And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon."
1 Kings 1:27 - "Is 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 Kings 3:27 - "Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land."
1 Kings 14:27 - "And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house."
1 Chronicles 27:3 - "Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month."
1 Samuel 27:6 - "Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day."
1 Kings 22:27 - "And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."
1 Kings 3:10 - "And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing."
1 Kings 11:27 - "And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father."
1 Kings 3:19 - "And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it."
1 Kings 3:24 - "And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king."
1 Kings 4:27 - "And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing."
1 Kings 3:16 - "¶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him."
1 Kings 7:27 - "¶ And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it."
1 Kings 1:3 - "So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king."
1 Kings 8:27 - "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?"
1 Kings 3:3 - "And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places."