Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her.

Commentaries

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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…