There was a story about ancient times where 2 women in a kingdom both claimed a baby was theirs so they went to the king and the king suggested cutting the baby in half and giving both women one half of the baby. And the fake mom was fine with it and the real mom was not. And king solomon was like aha a real mom would never be okay with cutting a baby in half that means that one is the mother. Its supposed to show he is wise but its honestly really dumb
It’s because the false mother stole the child out of bitterness and is jealous of the real mother, because the real mother was able to give birth to a child, while she herself is unable to do so. That’s why she’d rather watch as her child is killed, even if it kills her inside, just to make her feel what she herself has felt. Back then, fertility was an extremely important aspect of a woman’s role. Not being fertile meant being viewed as a failure. The real mother, however, would of course never allow the child to be cut in half because it is, after all, her child, and she truly loves it. That is why she would give in to save it. And Solomon knew this, which is why he devised this test.
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u/poploppege Jul 11 '26
King Solomon