KJV ¹⁶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

VULC ¹⁶ Tunc venerunt duæ mulieres meretrices ad regem, steteruntque coram eo :

KJV ¹⁷ And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

VULC ¹⁷ quarum una ait : Obsecro, mi domine : ego et mulier hæc habitabamus in domo una, et peperi apud eam in cubiculo.

KJV ¹⁸ And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

VULC ¹⁸ Tertia autem die postquam ego peperi, peperit et hæc : et eramus simul, nullusque alius nobiscum in domo, exceptis nobis duabus.

KJV ¹⁹ And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

VULC ¹⁹ Mortuus est autem filius mulieris hujus nocte : dormiens quippe oppressit eum.

KJV ²⁰ And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

VULC ²⁰ Et consurgens intempestæ noctis silentio, tulit filium meum de latere meo, ancillæ tuæ dormientis, et collocavit in sinu suo : suum autem filium, qui erat mortuus, posuit in sinu meo.

KJV ²¹ And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

VULC ²¹ Cumque surrexissem mane ut darem lac filio meo, apparuit mortuus : quem diligentius intuens clara luce, deprehendi non esse meum quem genueram.

KJV ²² And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

VULC ²² Responditque altera mulier : Non est ita ut dicis, sed filius tuus mortuus est, meus autem vivit. E contrario illa dicebat : Mentiris : filius quippe meus vivit, et filius tuus mortuus est. Atque in hunc modum contendebant coram rege.

KJV 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.

VULC ²³ Tunc rex ait : Hæc dicit : Filius meus vivit, et filius tuus mortuus est : et ista respondit : Non, sed filius tuus mortuus est, meus autem vivit.

KJV ²⁴ And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

VULC ²⁴ Dixit ergo rex : Afferte mihi gladium. Cumque attulissent gladium coram rege,

KJV ²⁵ And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

VULC ²⁵ Dividite, inquit, infantem vivum in duas partes, et date dimidiam partem uni, et dimidiam partem alteri.

KJV ²⁶ Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

VULC ²⁶ Dixit autem mulier, cujus filius erat vivus, ad regem (commota sunt quippe viscera ejus super filio suo) : Obsecro, domine, date illi infantem vivum, et nolite interficere eum. E contrario illa dicebat : Nec mihi nec tibi sit, sed dividatur.

KJV ²⁷ Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

VULC ²⁷ Respondit rex, et ait : Date huic infantem vivum, et non occidatur : hæc est enim mater ejus.

KJV ²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

VULC ²⁸ Audivit itaque omnis Israël judicium quod judicasset rex, et timuerunt regem, videntes sapientiam Dei esse in eo ad faciendum judicium.