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What does 1 Kings 3:23 mean?

The king said, 'You both say the living child is yours and the dead one belongs to the other.' 1 Kings 3:23 - Modern Text Bible

(Solomon sums up the situation: both women are making the same claim, and there’s no way to tell who’s telling the truth—at least, not yet.)