King Solomon was asked why he wrote that he had not found one woman faithful out of a thousand. He replied that he would prove it. He asked one of his servants to kill his wife whom he loved and promised him one of his daughters instead. At the last minute the man drew back and spared her life. King Solomon then called the woman and asked her to kill her husband, promising to marry her. Her gave her a sword made of lead. She indeed tried to kill him but the sword, being of lead was blunt and she could not kill him. He thus proved that a man is more faithful than a woman.