[Avodah] Did Shlomo HaMelech lie when suggesting the baby be cut in half

[Zoo Torah]

R. Daniel Eidensohn

>Just asked this question to Rav Nosson Kaminetsky. He replied that his 
father Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky said that it was not a lie. Shlomo HaMelech 
in fact was prepared to cut the baby in half. But at the same time 
Shlomo HaMelech was fully convinced that the threat to do so would cause 
the resolution of the question and thus he would not have to follow 
through on his threat.

Doesn't this make things worse? Fine, so he didn't lie, but he was perfectly
willing to actually kill an innocent baby?

Natan Slifkin

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