you can share it. >> and this, of course, instantly produces the real mother because the real mother says, no, no, no, no. she can keep the baby. she can keep the baby. >> and that story was held up as great wisdom because solomon knew the mind of a mother. but that's a pretty sadistic thing to do. i think it's evidence that he was a ruthless man that just didn't want to deal with petty things. he wanted grandiose things. >> that is solomon's image in history, but his importance is because he does something astonishing in jerusalem. >> as a king, solomon is always laboring in the shadow of his great father. he doesn't have the same opportunity to distinguish himself as a warrior, nor does he have the inclination. but he's got to distinguish