1 Kings 3:26 (WEB)
Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
Fathers and councils · 4
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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Ambrose of Milan
“Let us see whether it is so.” — editor's note: 1 [3] Kings iii. 26 ff.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.8.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.8.