King James Version
1 Kings 3:19 in the King James Version says “And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.”
1 Kings 3:19 · KJV
And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“child”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“in the night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“because she overlaid”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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