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1 Kings 3:21

Grief

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

20 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.

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.

22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 21:7

    And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:23

    And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

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