Verse 20
1 Kings 3:20
English Revised Version
20
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תָּקָם֩ בְּ/ת֨וֹךְ הַ/לַּ֜יְלָה וַ/תִּקַּ֧ח אֶת בְּנִ֣/י מֵֽ/אֶצְלִ֗/י וַ/אֲמָֽתְ/ךָ֙ יְשֵׁנָ֔ה וַ/תַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖/הוּ בְּ/חֵיקָ֑/הּ וְ/אֶת בְּנָ֥/הּ הַ/מֵּ֖ת הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָה בְ/חֵיקִֽ/י
English Translation
And you rose in the middle of the night and took your son from beside your maidservant who was sleeping, and you laid him in her bosom, and you placed your dead daughter in my bosom.
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