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King James Bible - 1 Kings 3:20

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:20

Y se levantó a medianoche, y tomó a mi hijo de junto a mí, estando yo tu sierva durmiendo, y lo puso a su lado, y me puso a mi lado su hijo muerto.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 20. And she arose at midnight , etc.] Perceiving what she had done, that she had overlaid her child, and it was dead; either through fear of punishment inflicted on persons thus negligent, or because of the disgrace of it, taking no more care of her child, she made use of the following stratagem: and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept ; this served to puzzle the cause, for how could she know what she did when she was asleep? this she could not prove, it was only conjecture: and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom ; where she found it in the morning; but still what proof was there that it was the other woman’s, and not her own, that lay dead in her bosom?

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 16-28 - An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the chil loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child best: the mother's sincerity will be tried, when the child is in danger. Le parents show their love to their children, especially by taking care of their souls, and snatching them as brands out of the burning. By thi and other instances of the wisdom with which God endued him, Solomo had great reputation among his people. This was better to him tha weapons of war; for this he was both feared and loved __________________________________________________________________

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Original Hebrew

ותקם 6965 בתוך 8432 הלילה 3915 ותקח 3947 את 853 בני 1121 מאצלי 681 ואמתך 519 ישׁנה 3463 ותשׁכיבהו 7901 בחיקה 2436 ואת 853 בנה 1121 המת 4191 השׁכיבה 7901 בחיקי׃ 2436