Halakhah do Królów I 3:29

The Judge must hear³¹e., ‘to understand,’ ‘to comprehend’ — BaḤ. the claims of the litigants and [then] repeat them,³²Yad, Sanhedrin XXI, 9. Derived from Y. San. III, 9(21b). Cf. also Deut. R. V, 6; Koh. R. The Judge must repeat the pleas immediately after they are presented by the litigants before the discussion of the case by the Judges and thereby the litigants will know whether the Judges have understood their pleas well — M.E. BaḤ writes that if there were three or more Judges present, it is not necessary to repeat the pleas before the litigants save that one Judge repeats the pleas before the other Judges not in the presence of the litigants and then they in turn repeat the pleas before the other Judge. R. Jonathan ha-Kohen agrees with M.E. for it is written, 'Then said the king: The one saith: This is my son that liveth [and thy son is the dead; and the other saith: Nay; but thy son is the dead and my son is the living],'³³I Kings III, 23 in the case of the harlots. and he makes the case clear in his heart [mind] and then decides it.³⁴San. 7b: ‘You shall judge righteously (Deut. I, 16): Resh Lakish says that it means: Make the case clear and then decide it.’