1 Kings 3:20

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Then there came two women that were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him. ¹⁶ Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled. ¹⁶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. ¹⁶ One day two women who were prostitutes came to Solomon. As they stood before him, ¹⁶ Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. ¹⁶ Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, to the king, and stood before him. ¹⁶ Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him. ¹⁶Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. ¹⁶ Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. ¹⁶ Thanne twei wymmen hooris camen to the kyng, and stoden bifor hym;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

midnight: Job 24:13-17, Psalms 139:11, Matthew 13:25, John 3:20

took: 1 Kings 3:21

Cross-References

Genesis 2:20
The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.

Genesis 2:20
And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there wasn't found a matching helper for him.

Genesis 2:20
The man gave names to all the tame animals, to the birds in the sky, and to all the wild animals. But Adam did not find a helper that was right for him.

Genesis 2:20
So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.

Genesis 2:20
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowls of the air, and to every beast of the field: but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.

Genesis 2:20
The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.

Genesis 2:20
And the man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper [that was] suitable (a companion) for him.

Genesis 2:20
And Adam clepide bi her names alle lyuynge thingis, and alle volatils, and alle vnresonable beestis of erthe. Forsothe to Adam was not foundun an helpere lijk hym.

Genesis 2:20
And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper -- as his counterpart.

Genesis 2:20
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she arose at midnight,.... Perceiving what she had done, that she had overlaid her child, and it was dead; either through fear of punishment inflicted on persons thus negligent, or because of the disgrace of it, taking no more care of her child, she made use of the following stratagem:

and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept; this served to puzzle the cause, for how could she know what she did when she was asleep? this she could not prove, it was only conjecture:

and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom; where she found it in the morning; but still what proof was there that it was the other woman's, and not her own, that lay dead in her bosom?