John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 3:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the other woman said, etc.] The defendant: nay, but the living [is] my son, and the dead [is] thy son; she denied what the other said, but offered nothing in proof of it: and this said; she who was the plaintiff replied in the same language: no: but the dead [is] thy son, and the living [is] my son; without being able to add anything in confirmation of what she had deposed: thus they spake before the king; several times, over and over again, what is before expressed, having nothing to produce on either side in proof of their assertions; so that it was very difficult to determine to whom the living child belonged.

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