1 Kings 3:18 (GNV)

Passage

And the third day after that I was deliuered, this woman was deliuered also: and we were in the house together: no stranger was with vs in the house, saue we twaine.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 3:16 Then came two harlots vnto the King, and stoode before him.

1 Kings 3:17 And the one woman sayd, Oh my lorde, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I was deliuered of a childe with her in the house.

1 Kings 3:18 And the third day after that I was deliuered, this woman was deliuered also: and we were in the house together: no stranger was with vs in the house, saue we twaine.

1 Kings 3:19 And this womans sonne died in the night: for she ouerlay him.

1 Kings 3:20 And she rose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaide slept, and layde him in her bosome, and layde her dead sonne in my bosome.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "third", "after", "deliuered", "woman", "house", "together", and "stranger". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "third" and "after", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And the one woman sayd Oh my..." into verse 19's "And this womans sonne died in the...", so "third" and "after" 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 "third" and "after" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.