1 Kings 3:19 (ASV)

Passage

And this woman`s child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 3:17 And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

1 Kings 3:18 And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

1 Kings 3:19 And this woman`s child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

1 Kings 3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

1 Kings 3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "woman", "child", "died", "night", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "woman" and "child", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And it came to pass the third..." into verse 20's "And she arose at midnight and took...", so "woman" and "child" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "woman" and "child" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.