וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ זֹ֣את אֹמֶ֔רֶת זֶה־בְּנִ֥י הַחַ֖י וּבְנֵ֣ךְ הַמֵּ֑ת וְזֹ֤את אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א כִ֔י בְּנֵ֥ךְ הַמֵּ֖ת וּבְנִ֥י הֶחָֽי׃ (פ)
Kata raja, “Yang satu berkata: Anak yang hidup ini anakku, dan anakmu yang mati; sedangkan yang lain berkata: Tidak! Anakmu yang mati, dan anakku yang hidup.”
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“The king said: One says, this is my son that is alive, etc.” [3:23]. The king repeated what the two women said. That is to say, it is customary that when a judge wants to give a ruling that he repeats what they said. He wants to show that he understood what they said and wants to judge properly, according to their statements. From here we learn that every judge should repeat the arguments that each party had argued.3Radak, I Kings, 3:23.