1 Kings 3:19
“And this womans childe died in the night: because she ouerlaid it.”
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1 Kings 3:19 Context
17And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I was deliuered of a childe, with her in the house. 18And it came to passe the third day after that I was deliuered, that this woman was deliuered also: and wee were together; there was no stranger with vs in the house, saue we two in the house. 19And this womans childe died in the night: because she ouerlaid it. 20And shee arose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and layd it in her bosome, and layd her dead childe in my bosome. 21And when I rose in the morning to giue my childe sucke, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, which I did beare.
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Other Translations
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
- King James Version
"This woman's son died in the night, because she lay on it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.
- Basic English Bible
And this woman's child died in the night; because she had lain upon it.
- Darby Bible
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
- Webster's Bible
This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.
- World English Bible
And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlay it.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
"This woman's son died in the night, because she lay on it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.
- Basic English Bible
And this woman's child died in the night; because she had lain upon it.
- Darby Bible
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
- Webster's Bible
This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.
- World English Bible
And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlay it.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for 1 Kings 3:19
3:19 Overlaid it - And so smothered it: which she justly conjectures,because there were evidences of that kind of death, but no appearance ofany other cause thereof.