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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 3:21

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, etc.] As she used to do: behold, it was dead; her own child, as she thought at first: but when I had considered it in the morning; it was towards morning, or just at break of day, when she arose to suckle it, and found it dead: but when it was broad day, and the light of the morning was increased, she more narrowly viewed it, and by its features, or some marks she had observed; behold, it was not my son which I did bear: she was fully satisfied it was not her own child, but another.
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