 A variation on Divide and choose was played by King Solomon in the famous Judgement of Solomon, in a dispute among two women who both claimed to be the mother of a child. The full story is in 1 Kings 3:16–28. Two women who lived in the same house both had an infant son. One of the women claimed that the other woman had stolen her child, after accidentally smothering her own son during sleep. The other woman denied this and reversed the charge. After hearing their stories, King Solomon called for a sword and declared that there was only one fair solution: cut the living child in two and give both women half of it. Upon hearing this, the true mother cried out that she was willing to give up the child if it could be spared, while the fake mother agreed with the judgement. This behaviour revealed to Solomon who was the real mother, and her child was given back to her.