seekeroftruth
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1 Kings 3:16 Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17 One of them said, “Pardon me, my lord. This woman and I live in the same house, and I had a baby while she was there with me. 18 The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us.
19 “During the night this woman’s son died because she lay on him. 20 So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast. 21 The next morning, I got up to nurse my son—and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t the son I had borne.”
22 The other woman said, “No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours.”
But the first one insisted, “No! The dead one is yours; the living one is mine.” And so they argued before the king.
23 The king said, “This one says, ‘My son is alive and your son is dead,’ while that one says, ‘No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
24 Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword for the king. 25 He then gave an order: “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
26 The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!”
But the other said, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”
27 Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.”
28 When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.
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Happy Thanksgiving.
I wonder. If this had happened in the courts today, would everyone be held in awe of the Judge who ordered up a sword to split a baby to settle a custody dispute?
If a judge in one of the courts in Southern Maryland were to order up a sword to settle a custody dispute, would that Judge "be held in awe"? [verse 28]
I bet that judge would be on every newscast around the world. I bet there will be people who believe one woman and people who will believe the other woman. They will both declare the judge to be insane!
I wonder... does that beg the question. Was Solomon really, really wise or did people just "believe" he was that wise? Did Solomon make any really, really bad decisions?
God can make a donkey talk, so truly God can make the nation, even the world, think a dullard is a genius.
God can make a donkey talk, so God can actually change a dullard into a stable genius.
Was Solomon really the wisest human in the world ever?
One of the women, [verse 26] called his bluff! What if the other agreed?
Would Solomon have used that sword to prove a point? Would the modern-day press call him "impulsive"?
We will read that Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines!
When would he have time to show any hint of wisdom with 700 wives and 300 concubines?
Is it "wise" to take 700 wives?
But this is about the custody battle.... good job Solomon!
The custody battle....
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