1 Kings 3:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Kings 3:20

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Kings 3

¹⁸ On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

¹⁹ During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.

²⁰ So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

²¹ The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”

²² “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.

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