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1 Kings 3:20 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 20
And 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.1 Kings 3:20 · King James Version
1 Kings 3:20 in context
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.
21And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
22And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- midnighttâveka bisectionH8432 →
- midnightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
- handmaidʼâmâha maidservant or female slaveH519 →
- besideʼêtsela sideH681 →
- aroseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- sleptyâshênsleepyH3463 →
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