They argued back and forth in front of Solomon, until finally he said, “Both of you say this live baby is yours. Someone bring me a sword.”
A sword was brought, and Solomon ordered, “Cut the baby in half! That way each of you can have part of him.”
“Please don’t kill my son,” the baby’s mother screamed. “Your Majesty, I love him very much, but give him to her. Just don’t kill him.”
The other woman shouted, “Go ahead and cut him in half. Then neither of us will have the baby.”
Solomon said, “Don’t kill the baby.” Then he pointed to the first woman, “She is his real mother. Give the baby to her.”
Everyone in Israel was amazed when they heard how Solomon had made his decision. They realized that God had given him wisdom to judge fairly.
Some 2,000 years later in China, a certain official by the name of Bao Zheng is said to be able to reach such wise verdicts in similarly difficult cases as heard by Soloman. Bao lived around the 10th century in the Northern Song Dynasty – proof that wise men like them are hard to come by.
Most people cannot see anything beyond skin deep but Solomon and Bao was so in tune with life that their eyes were sharp enough to pierce through the skin and cut right into the human heart. They, as Miss Marple, the part-time detective in Agatha Christie novels would say, understood human nature.
We often hear complaints about the degeneration of the human race, which seems to have been going on for ever. In the wisdom department, it appears to be the case. Today’s people, for example, are smarter with tools, but are often found greatly lacking in using intuition, insight and wisdom.
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