1 Kings 3:19
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New International Version (©1984)
"During the night this woman's son died because she lay on him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"This woman's son died in the night, because she lay on it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
That night this woman's son died because she rolled over on top of him.

King James Bible
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

American King James Version
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

American Standard Version
And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

Bible in Basic English
In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this woman's child died in the night: for in her sleep she overlaid him.

Darby Bible Translation
And this woman's child died in the night; because she had lain upon it.

English Revised Version
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

World English Bible
This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

Young's Literal Translation
And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,

Geneva Study Bible

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

Wesley's Notes

3:19 Overlaid it - And so smothered it: which she justly conjectures, because there were evidences of that kind of death, but no appearance of any other cause thereof.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:16-28 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 child loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child best: the mother's sincerity will be tried, when the child is in danger. Let parents show their love to their children, especially by taking care of their souls, and snatching them as brands out of the burning. By this and other instances of the wisdom with which God endued him, Solomon had great reputation among his people. This was better to him than weapons of war; for this he was both feared and loved.


1 Kings 3:18 "It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.
1 Kings 3:20 "So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. (NASB ©1995)

Cause Child Death Died Dieth Lay Night Overlaid Overlay Sleeping Woman's


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

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