1 Kings 3:20 · KJV
“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.”
— 1 Kings 3:20
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
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.
1 Kings 3 — Context
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.
19And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And 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.
Cross References
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. {reproved: or, discovered}
Matthew 13:25
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Job 24:13-17
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Psalms 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.