Where in the Bible can I find the story about the king who decides to divide a baby and determines his mother?

I am trying to remember where in the Bible this story is located.it speaks of two women who both claim to be a babies mother. The King decides that the child should be divided in half so that each woman will get half of the baby. The real mother relinquishes her hold on the child in order to preserve it's life. The wise King then identifies the real mother because she was willing to give the child up instead of seeing it killed.

Anonymous2009-06-09T22:25:28Z

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1Ki 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
1Ki 3:26 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.
1Ki 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
1Ki 3:28 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.

Moops2009-06-09T22:26:27Z

That was King Solomon, 1 Kings 3:16-28

debbie22432009-06-09T22:34:17Z

Wise King Solomon

jesus_freak_born_again2009-06-09T22:28:39Z

1 Kings 3:16-28

Anonymous2009-06-09T22:27:44Z

1 king 3

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