וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ זֹ֣את אֹמֶ֔רֶת זֶה־בְּנִ֥י הַחַ֖י וּבְנֵ֣ךְ הַמֵּ֑ת וְזֹ֤את אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א כִ֔י בְּנֵ֥ךְ הַמֵּ֖ת וּבְנִ֥י הֶחָֽי׃ (פ)
王說：«這婦人說：『這活著的是我的兒子，死了的是你的兒子。』那婦人說：『不，死了的是你的兒子，活著的是我的兒子。』»
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.