1 Kings 3:21
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.
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.
23 Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead; but when I had looked at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.”
- ASV
- And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear.
- DARBY
- And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; and I considered it in the morning, and behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.
- BLB
- And I rose in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was dead. And I considered concerning him in the morning, and behold, he was not my son whom I had borne.”
- ÅB
- Da jeg så sto opp om morgenen for å gi min sønn die, fikk jeg se at han var død; men da jeg om morgenen så nøyere på ham, da var det ikke min sønn, den som jeg hadde født.
- OTB
- Da jeg sto opp om morgenen for å amme min sønn, se, han var død; men da jeg undersøkte ham nøye om morgenen, se, han var ikke min sønn, den jeg hadde født."
- B1930
- Da jeg så stod op om morgenen for å gi min sønn die, fikk jeg se at han var død; men da jeg om morgenen så nøiere på ham, da var det ikke min sønn, den som jeg hadde født.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 21:7
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
Read in context1 Samuel 1:23
“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
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