Bible verse

1 Kings 3:19

During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.

1 Kings 3:19 · BSB

1 Kings 3:19 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Kings 3.

15 Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

16 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

17 One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.

18 On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

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.

21 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.’”

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1 Kings 3:19 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

And this woman’s child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

ERV

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

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