1 Kings 3:25 (WEB)
The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
“And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the face of the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings iii. 16–28.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVII.25Conference XVII
“…he pronounced the judgment which every one has felt to have been inspired by God, saying: “Give her the living child and slay it not: she is the mother of it.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings iii. 24–27.
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Jerome
“Rufinus, a Roman Presbyter (to be carefully distinguished from Rufinus of Aquileia and Rufinus the Syrian), had written to Jerome for an explanation of the judgment of Solomon (1 Kings iii. 16–28).” — the author cites it
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