1 Kings 3:19
 1 Kings 3:19 
New International Version (©2011)
"During the night this woman's son died because she lay on him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"But her baby died during the night when she rolled over on it.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"This woman's son died in the night, because she lay on it.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
During the night this woman's son died because she lay on him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
This woman's son died overnight because she laid on top of him.

NET Bible (©2006)
This woman's child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
That night this woman's son died because she rolled over on top of him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And this woman's child died in the night; because she laid on it.

American King James Version
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

American Standard Version
And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this woman's child died in the night: for in her sleep she overlaid him.

Darby Bible Translation
And this woman's child died in the night; because she had lain upon it.

English Revised Version
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

World English Bible
This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

Young's Literal Translation
And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,

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 19. - And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this woman's child died in the night,.... Whether the same night following the day it was born is not certain;

because she overlaid it; or laid upon it, being heavy through sleep, and not knowing what she did, turned herself upon it, and smothered it; because it had no previous illness, or any marks of any disease it could be thought to die of, and perhaps there might be some of its being overlaid.


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Solomon Judges Wisely
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. 19And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. …

1 Kings 3:18 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.
1 Kings 3:20 So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast.