Then spake the woman, whose the liuing child was, vnto the King, for her compassion was kindled toward her sonne, and she sayde, Oh my lorde, giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: but the other sayde, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but deuide it.
1 Kings 3:24 Then the King said, Bring me a sworde: and they brought out a sworde before the King.
1 Kings 3:25 And the King sayde, Deuide ye the liuing child in twaine, and giue the one halfe to the one, and the other halfe to the other.
1 Kings 3:26 Then spake the woman, whose the liuing child was, vnto the King, for her compassion was kindled toward her sonne, and she sayde, Oh my lorde, giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: but the other sayde, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but deuide it.
1 Kings 3:27 Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.
1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.
The verse centers on "spake", "woman", "whose", "liuing", "child", "vnto", "king", and "compassion". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "spake" and "woman", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And the King sayde Deuide ye the..." into verse 27's "Then the King answered and sayde Giue...", so "spake" and "woman" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "spake" and "woman" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.