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Later two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him (verse 16)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So reads the introduction to one of the most famous passages in the Tanach; Mishpat Shlomo \u2013 the judgement of Solomon. Why is it necessary to know that the two women were harlots? Perhaps this is to show that the king was willing to listen to all, from the aristocracy to the margins of society and judge fairly.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would like to focus on the bereaved mother. Of the two women the first is deemed by the commentators to be the mother of the living child. She gives an introduction, the narrative and her shock in finding a dead child at her breast in the morning who probably died a \u2018cot death\u2019 or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. We then read: \u201cNo, the live one is my son, and the dead one is yours!\u201d (verse 22).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s all she says. \u201cNo, he\u2019s mine.\u201d For me this speaks volumes. Her bereavement has stunned her into silence. She is unable to say more than a few words. She is barely able to articulate a story, express her feelings nor make a credible defense. It is almost possible to touch her anguish and guilt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evidently Solomon could do so. Before him we have a harlot, a woman who has broken several of the Ten Commandments (\u2018You shall not steal\u2019 refers to kidnap, \u2018don\u2019t bear false witness\u2019 and \u2018don\u2019t covet your neighbour\u2019s\u2026..) and all this in in the court of the king.\u00a0 Anybody who has followed the last couple of books of the bible on 929 would have seen that the kings of the day were not exactly averse to the death penalty. But what happens? Solomon returns the child to his mother and the other is never mentioned again. Presumably she leaves dejected and broken and tries to resume her life.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope she had another child.<\/span><\/p>\n

My son, my son David.\u00a0 David, my son.<\/span><\/p>\n

In loving memory of my son David Binyamin who died aged four months.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":61555,"id":61555,"title":"1kings3-sids","filename":"1kings3-sids.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1kings3-sids.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/grappling-with-sids\/1kings3-sids\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"1kings3-sids","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":61554,"date":"2019-08-20 12:06:02","modified":"2019-08-20 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