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1 Kings 3:21

1 Kings 3:21
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.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And the other woman said,.... The defendant:

nay, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son; she denied what…

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

behold it was dead i.e. I had a dead child in my bosom which I supposed to be mine.

I had considered The form of the…

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