1 Kings 3:20
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck,.... As she used to do:
behold, it was dead; her own child, as…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Kings 3:16-28
An instance is here given of Solomon's wisdom, to show that the grant lately made him had a real effect upon him. The…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
and laid it in her bosom It is not easy to account for the action of this woman. We need not however suppose her to have…