KJV ORIGINAL
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
When I got up in the morning to nurse my baby, I saw that he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I realized this wasn't my son that I had given birth to.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This woman is telling King Solomon that someone switched her living baby with a dead one while she slept.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the famous story where two women came to King Solomon claiming the same baby was theirs. Both women were prostitutes living in the same house, and one baby had died during the night. This case tested Solomon's legendary wisdom in determining which woman was the real mother.
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