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1 Kings 3:18 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 18
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.1 Kings 3:18 · King James Version
1 Kings 3:18 in context
16Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
17And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
18And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
19And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deliveredyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- togetheryachadproperly, a unitH3162 →
- strangerzûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- thirdshᵉlîyshîythirdH7992 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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An instance is here given of Solomon's wisdom, to show that the grant lately made him had a real effect upon him. The proof is fetched, not from the mysteries of state and the policies of the council-board, though there no doubt he excelled, but from the trial and determination of a cause between party and party,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-28