Category 2090 - Question 97

What Biblical story speaks of the wisdom of Solomon?

Two women both claimed they were the mother of a baby. Solomon ordered that the baby be cut in two by a sword and shared between them. The rightful mother of the baby pleaded for his life and begged that the other woman have him. Solomon ordered that the infant was given to the woman who would rather relinquish her child than see him harmed, as she was clearly his rightful mother.