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.

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John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck
As she used to do: behold, it was dead

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 be…

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