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1 Kings 3:23

Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;’ and the other says, ‘No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;’ and the other says, ‘No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ”

  • KJV King James Version

    Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Then said the king: 'The one saith: This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead; and the other saith: Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.'

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith,…

1Ki 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This [is] my son that liveth, and thy son [is] the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son [is] the dead, and my son [is] the living.

Ver. 23. The one saith, This is my son,] q.d., This is a blind business: here is no better proof than the one is Aio, I affirm, and the other is Nego; I deny, neither is the one of better repute or credit than the other, as being both harlots.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the king said, bring me a sword,.... The…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then (promptly, without hesitation) said the king, The one…
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