1 Kings 3:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had borne.

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  • Gen 21:7 : 7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
  • 1 Sam 1:23 : 23 And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to you; wait until you have weaned him; only let the LORD establish his word. So the woman remained at home and nursed her son until she weaned him.
  • Lam 4:3-4 : 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. 4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.

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  • 1 Kgs 3:17-20
    4 verses
    90%

    17And one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I gave birth to a child with her in the house.

    18And it came to pass the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, only we two in the house.

    19And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

    20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

  • 1 Kgs 3:22-27
    6 verses
    85%

    22And the other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son. And this said, No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.

    23Then the king said, The one says, This is my son that lives, and your son is the dead; and the other says, No; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living.

    24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

    25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

    26Then the woman whose the living child was, spoke to the king, for her heart yearned for her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours, but divide it.

    27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not kill it: she is the mother thereof.

  • 2 Kgs 6:28-30
    3 verses
    77%

    28And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

    29So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.

    30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

  • 2 Kgs 4:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18And when the child was grown, it happened one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

    19And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

    20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17-21
    5 verses
    74%

    17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

    18And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son?

    19And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her arms, and carried him up into the loft where he stayed, and laid him upon his own bed.

    20And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?

    21And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray, let this child's soul come back to him again.

  • 2 Sam 14:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

    6And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.

    7And, behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they said, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall extinguish my last remaining ember, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant on the earth.

  • 2 Sam 12:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21His servants said to him, What is this you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate.

    22He said, While the child was alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell if God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

    23But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

  • 2 Sam 12:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18And it came to pass on the seventh day, the child died. The servants of David were afraid to tell him the child was dead: for they said, While the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us: how then will he vex himself, if we tell him the child is dead?

    19But when David saw his servants whispering, he perceived the child was dead: therefore David said to his servants, Is the child dead? They said, He is dead.

  • Prov 31:2
    71%

    2What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

  • 2 Sam 14:11
    71%

    11Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 4:30-32
    3 verses
    71%

    30And the mother of the child said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose, and followed her.

    31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awake.

    32And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

  • 1 Sam 4:20
    71%

    20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said to her, Fear not; for you have borne a son. But she did not answer, nor did she regard it.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    71%

    12Arise therefore, go to your own house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

  • Exod 1:16
    70%

    16And he said, When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools; if it is a son, then you shall kill him: but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

  • Jer 20:17
    70%

    17Because he did not slay me from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb always great with me.

  • Job 3:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not expire when I came out of the belly?

    12Why were there knees to receive me? Or why breasts that I should nurse?

  • 1 Kgs 17:23
    70%

    23And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, your son lives.

  • 1 Kgs 14:17
    69%

    17And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

  • Ezek 24:18
    69%

    18So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and in the morning I did as I was commanded.

  • Ezek 16:21
    69%

    21That you have slain my children and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

  • Hos 2:3
    69%

    3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.

  • Hos 1:8
    69%

    8Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son.

  • 2 Kgs 4:36
    69%

    36And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, Take up your son.