1 Kings 3:21

KJV

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 3:21, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 1 Kings Chapter 3 connects to 4 cross-references. Solomon makes a marriage alliance with Pharaoh and marries his daughter; at Gibeon, God appears in a dream and offers Solomon anything. Solomon asks for a discerning heart to govern God's people and to distinguish right from wrong; God is …

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Other Translations

ASV

And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear.

YLT

and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.'

BBE

And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

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