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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 3:19

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And this woman’s child died in the night, etc.] 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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