1 Kings 3:18
 1 Kings 3:18 
New International Version (©2011)
The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were alone. There was no one else with us in the house; only we two were in the house.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
On the third day after I gave birth, she also had a baby and we were alone. No one else was with us in the house; just the two of us were there.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Three days later, this woman also gave birth. We lived alone there. There was nobody else with us in the house. It was just the two of us.

NET Bible (©2006)
Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Two days later this woman also gave birth [to a son]. We were alone. No one else was with us. Just the two of us were in the house.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, except we two in the house.

American King James Version
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the third day, after that I was delivered, she also was delivered, and we were together, and no other person with us in the house, only we two.

Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; no stranger was with us in the house, only we two were in the house.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save us two in the house.

World English Bible
It happened the third day after I delivered, that this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

Young's Literal Translation
and 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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:16-28 An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the child loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child best: the mother's sincerity will be tried, when the child is in danger. Let parents show their love to their children, especially by taking care of their souls, and snatching them as brands out of the burning. By this and other instances of the wisdom with which God endued him, Solomon had great reputation among his people. This was better to him than weapons of war; for this he was both feared and loved.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 18. - And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. [Emphasis is laid on this fact, as showing the possibility of the fraud and the impossibility of producing proof. Hebrew women have always required but little assistance in childbearing. That which is written in Exodus 1:19 is true to this day.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, the third day after I was delivered,.... Of a child, as before expressed:

that this woman was delivered also; of another child; and being both of the same sex, both sons, as afterwards appears; and being so nearly of an age, it was difficult to distinguish them;

and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house,

save we two in the house; so that in this trial no evidences could be produced on either side.


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Solomon Judges Wisely
16Then came there two women, that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him. 17And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

1 Kings 3:17 One of them said, "Pardon me, my lord. This woman and I live in the same house, and I had a baby while she was there with me.
1 Kings 3:19 "During the night this woman's son died because she lay on him.