So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your servant was asleep, and she laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.

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John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And she arose at midnight Perceiving what she had done, that she had overlaid her child, and it was dead; either through …

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…