KJV ORIGINAL
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while I was sleeping, and put him next to herself, and put her dead child next to me.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is part of a woman's testimony claiming that another woman secretly switched their babies during the night, taking her living child and leaving her dead one.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of the famous case brought before King Solomon where two women both claimed to be the mother of the same living baby. Both women were prostitutes living in the same house, and their babies were born around the same time. This case became Solomon's first major test of wisdom as the new king of Israel.
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