1 Kings 3:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:7 : 7 She saith also, `Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?'
  • 1 Sam 1:23 : 23 And Elkanah her husband saith to her, `Do that which is good in thine eyes; abide till thy weaning him; only, Jehovah establish His word;' and the woman abideth and suckleth her son till she hath weaned him,
  • Lam 4:3-4 : 3 Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness. 4 Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.

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    17and the one woman saith, `O, my lord, I and this woman are dwelling in one house, and I bring forth with her, in the house;

    18and it cometh to pass on the third day of my bringing forth, that this woman also bringeth forth, and we `are' together, there is no stranger with us in the house, save we two, in the house.

    19And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,

    20and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me -- and thy handmaid is asleep -- and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

  • 1 Kgs 3:22-27
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    85%

    22And the other woman saith, `Nay, but my son `is' the living, and thy son the dead;' and this `one' saith, `Nay, but thy son `is' the dead, and my son the living.' And they speak before the king.

    23And the king saith, `This `one' saith, This `is' my son, the living, and thy son `is' the dead; and that `one' saith, Nay, but thy son `is' the dead, and my son the living.'

    24And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,

    25and the king saith, `Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'

    26And the woman whose son `is' the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, `O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this `one' saith, `Let it be neither mine or thine -- cut `it'.'

    27And the king answereth and saith, `Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she `is' its mother.'

  • 2 Kgs 6:28-30
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    28And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee?' and she saith, `This woman said unto me, Give thy son, and we eat him to-day, and my son we eat to-morrow;

    29and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.'

    30And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the woman, that he rendeth his garments, and he is passing by on the wall, and the people see, and lo, the sackcloth `is' on his flesh within.

  • 2 Kgs 4:18-20
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    18And the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,

    19and he saith unto his father, `My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, `Bear him unto his mother;'

    20and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17-21
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    17And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him.

    18And she saith unto Elijah, `What -- to me and to thee, O man of God? thou hast come unto me to cause mine iniquity to be remembered, and to put my son to death!'

    19And he saith unto her, `Give to me thy son;' and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,

    20and crieth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Jehovah my God, also on the widow with whom I am sojourning hast Thou done evil -- to put her son to death?'

    21And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;'

  • 2 Sam 14:5-7
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    5And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee?' and she saith, `Truly a widow woman `am' I, and my husband dieth,

    6and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

    7and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left -- so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.'

  • 2 Sam 12:21-23
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    21And his servants say unto him, `What `is' this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.'

    22And he saith, `While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? -- Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;

    23and now, he hath died, why `is' this -- I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'

  • 2 Sam 12:18-19
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    18and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the lad dieth, and the servants of David fear to declare to him that the lad is dead, for they said, `Lo, in the lad being alive we spake unto him, and he did not hearken to our voice; and how do we say unto him, The lad is dead? -- then he hath done evil.'

    19And David seeth that his servants are whispering, and David understandeth that the lad is dead, and David saith unto his servants, `Is the lad dead?' and they say, `Dead.'

  • Prov 31:2
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    2`What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

  • 2 Sam 14:11
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    11And she saith, `Let, I pray thee, the king remember by Jehovah thy God, that the redeemer of blood add not to destroy, and they destroy not my son;' and he saith, `Jehovah liveth; if there doth fall of the hair of thy son to the earth.'

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

    30And the mother of the youth saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth -- if I leave thee;' and he riseth and goeth after her.

    31And Gehazi hath passed on before them, and layeth the staff on the face of the youth, and there is no voice, and there is no attention, and he turneth back to meet him, and declareth to him, saying, `The youth hath not awaked.'

    32And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,

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    20And at the time of her death, when the women who are standing by her say, `Fear not, for a son thou hast borne,' she hath not answered, nor set her heart `to it';

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
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    12`And thou, rise, go to thy house; in the going in of thy feet to the city -- hath the lad died;

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    16and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it `is' a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it `is' a daughter -- then she hath lived.'

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    17Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me -- my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.

  • Job 3:11-12
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    11Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

    12Wherefore have knees been before me? And what `are' breasts, that I suck?

  • 1 Kgs 17:23
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    23And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, `See, thy son liveth!'

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    17And the wife of Jeroboam riseth, and goeth, and cometh to Tirzah; she hath come in to the threshold of the house, and the youth dieth;

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    18And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

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    36And he calleth unto Gehazi, and saith, `Call unto this Shunammite;' and he calleth her, and she cometh in unto him, and he saith, `Lift up thy son.'