King Solomon is one of history's most famous monarchs he was the son of King David and was the second king of Israel he was renowned for being a just and wise King it is said that there has never been a king as wise as Solomon one of the roles of the king of Israel was to serve as the Supreme judge he had to rule on a wide variety of issues and contentions using his intellect and logical reasoning he could sort out the most difficult conflicts between his subjects one day two women came to court one
of them claimed that the other had stolen her son she said that they both live under the same roof and that they both gave birth in the same week but one night one of the mothers woke up and her son was dead desperate she made a terrible decision [Music] while her roommate was sleeping she decided to exchange her dead baby for the other mother's child in front of the king the other mother claimed that everything that woman said was a lie and that she only wanted to steal her child in a decision that surprised everyone
Solomon ordered his guards to take the baby and cut him in half that way they would both get their respective half the guard raised his sword right before the blow that would split the child one of the mothers knelt at Solomon's feet she pleaded not to kill the baby and to give it to the other woman who seemed not to care about the child's safety Solomon clearly understood who the real mother was accordingly the child was handed over to her this famous event showed the people of Israel how great the King was for he had
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