And the woman whose son <FI>is<Fi> the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, `O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this <FI>one<Fi> saith, `Let it be neither mine or thine--cut <FI>it<Fi> .'
1 Kings 3:24 And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,
1 Kings 3:25 and the king saith, `Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'
1 Kings 3:26 And the woman whose son <FI>is<Fi> the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, `O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this <FI>one<Fi> saith, `Let it be neither mine or thine--cut <FI>it<Fi> .'
1 Kings 3:27 And the king answereth and saith, `Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she <FI>is<Fi> its mother.'
1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel hear of the judgment that the king hath judged, and fear because of the king, for they have seen that the wisdom of God <FI>is<Fi> in his heart, to do judgment.
The verse centers on "woman", "whose", "living", "saith", "king", "bowels", "yearned", and "over". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "woman" and "whose", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 25's "and the king saith Cut the living..." into verse 27's "And the king answereth and saith Give...", so "woman" and "whose" 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 "woman" and "whose" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.