1 Kings 3:21

וָאָקֻם בַּבֹּקֶר לְהֵינִיק אֶת ־ בְּנִי וְהִנֵּה ־ מֵת וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵן אֵלָיו בַּבֹּקֶר וְהִנֵּה לֹֽא ־ הָיָה בְנִי אֲשֶׁר יָלָֽדְתִּי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20וַתָּקָם בְּתוֹךְ הַלַּיְלָה וַתִּקַּח אֶת ־ בְּנִי מֵֽאֶצְלִי וַאֲמָֽתְךָ יְשֵׁנָה וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵהוּ בְּחֵיקָהּ וְאֶת ־ בְּנָהּ הַמֵּת הִשְׁכִּיבָה בְחֵיקִֽי ׃

22וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה הָאַחֶרֶת לֹא כִי בְּנִי הַחַי וּבְנֵךְ הַמֵּת וְזֹאת אֹמֶרֶת לֹא כִי בְּנֵךְ הַמֵּת וּבְנִי הֶחָי וַתְּדַבֵּרְנָה לִפְנֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 21:7וַתֹּאמֶר מִי מִלֵּל לְאַבְרָהָם הֵינִיקָה בָנִים שָׂרָה כִּֽי ־ יָלַדְתִּי בֵן לִזְקֻנָֽיו ׃

Lamentations 4:3גַּם ־ תנין חָלְצוּ שַׁד הֵינִיקוּ גּוּרֵיהֶן בַּת ־ עַמִּי לְאַכְזָר כי ענים בַּמִּדְבָּֽר ׃ ס

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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