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1 Kings 3:17

1 Kings 3:17
And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it came to pass, the third day after I was delivered,.... Of a child, as before expressed:

that this woman was delivered also; of another child; and being both of the same sex, both sons, as…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 3:16-28

An instance is here given of Solomon's wisdom, to show that the grant lately made him had a real effect upon him. The proof is fetched, not from the mysteries of state and the policies of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I was delivered of a child with her In the narrative of Josephus the two children are said to have been born at the same hour of the same day. The LXX. renders -we were delivered of children in the…