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1 Kings 3:21 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 21
And 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.1 Kings 3:21 · King James Version
1 Kings 3:21 in context
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.
23Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- consideredbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- childbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- roseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- suckyânaqto suckH3243 →
- deadmûwthto dieH4191 →
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