1 Kings 3:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Kings 3:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Kings 3:19 is a verse from the book of 1 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Kings 3:19 — KJV
“And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.”
— 1 Kings 3:19 (KJV)
1 Kings 3:19 in Context — About the Book of 1 Kings
1 Kings moves from Solomon's golden age — the temple, legendary wisdom, unmatched wealth — to a kingdom torn in two by pride and idolatry. Elijah bursts in with fire from heaven on Mount Carmel, proving the Lord alone is God. Wisdom sought and wisdom squandered frame the whole book.
Cross-References for 1 Kings 3:19
“For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 3:19: woman, child, because
“A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 3:19: woman, child, because
“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 3:19: woman, because
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 3:19: woman, because
“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. to thy...: or, subject to thy husband”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 3:19: woman, child
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