Two Sides To A Story. Part [8] 08/17/2025 (Morning thought)

1st Kings 3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

Now, there have been other instances when persons apparently got minute details, whilst asleep, so we should not come to any firm conclusions just yet. For example, some of the soldiers who were tasked with keeping Jesus’ body securely in the tomb, also said that they had revelations of fine details while sleeping. Matthew 28: 12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13 Saying, Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

Matthew 28:14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you…. Thus, it is nothing uniquely coincidental to the narrative we are studying. Now, if indeed the first woman was in a deep sleep as claimed, when the fraud took place, it seems as if she too got a lot of minute details while apparently asleep. What is also conspicuous is that the other woman does not mention anything about sleeping, so there appears an immediate inconsistency between the two sides of the issue.

That’s why you have to listen to both sides of a story because you just don’t know for sure in every case…. 1st Kings 3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

1st Kings 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, no; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus, they spoke before the king.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Two Sides To A Story. Part [7] 08/17/2025 (Evening thought)

Matthew 23: 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

The Lord continued to address the issues pertaining to justice in the New Testament, as Jesus sought to warn against the habit of exercising disparities in religious practice…. Isaiah 59:4 None calls for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:15 Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Thus, in the narrative under consideration the two women are to be granted due process just like any other, for there are basic rights that pertain to every human being, whoever they may be.

[2] Those who are first to bring accusations can very well be the ones at fault. This is not always the case, but you never know, hence the reason why Solomon has to listen carefully to both sides of the story. It is quite possible, though not conclusive, that the woman who speaks first in the narrative is the one at fault, for if you were to take a closer look at her testimony, there are some details there that should be given a second look. For instance, she says that she was sleeping when the other woman took her child.

1st Kings 3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I  and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!