Holy Scripture
1 Kings 3:19
A church father on this verse
“The two women indicate to us the church and the synagogue. The latter, after it tried to suppress the sacrament of human redemption and persecuted and killed the Redeemer through false accusations, claims, nevertheless, that its child should still be alive, that is, that the Jewish people should still be pleasing and…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
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In context
17And the one woman said, Hear me, my lord; I and this woman dwelt in one house, and we were delivered in the house.
18And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered: and we were together; and there was no one with us besides our two selves in the house.
— 1 Kings 3:19 —
20And she arose in the middle of the night, and took my son from my arms, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
21And I arose in the morning to suckle my son, and he was dead: and, behold, I considered him in the morning, and, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.