1 Kings 3:20
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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.So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
In other translations
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.So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
Hebrew words
וַתָּקָםvatakamand she roseH6965בְּתוֹךְbetokhin [the] middle ofH8432הַלַּיְלָהhalaylahthe nightH3915וַתִּקַּחvatikachand she tookH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּנִיbenison myH1121מֵאֶצְלִיme'etzlifrom beside meH681וַאֲמָתְךָva'amatekhaand maidservant yourH519יְשֵׁנָהyeshenah[was] sleepingH3463וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵהוּvatashkivehuand she made lie himH7901בְּחֵיקָהּbecheikahin bosom herH2436וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853בְּנָהּbenahson herH1121הַמֵּתhamet<the> deadH4191הִשְׁכִּיבָהhishkivahshe made lieH7901בְחֵיקִי׃vecheikiin bosom myH2436
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Related verses
- John 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Job 24:13-1713 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.13 Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. 14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. 15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
- Matthew 13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
- Psalm 139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
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