1 Kings 3:19

And this woman's child died in the night: for in her sleep she overlaid him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

In Context

18And the third day, after that I was delivered, she also was delivered, and we were together, and no other person with us in the house, only we two.

20And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I thy handmaid was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:17-28

The Wisdom of Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And 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. 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. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20… Read the whole commentary →

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