Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 3:18 - 3:18

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 3:18 - 3:18


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The third day; so they could not be distinguished by their age.



There was no stranger with us in the house; therefore no witness on either side; and although there might be some sensible difference to an exact observer between the features of the two children, yet it is not probable that was much minded by the neighbours; for though civil women might assist them both in their child-births, yet it is not likely they would afterwards converse much with them, as being persons of suspected fame, and the features of the children, especially for so few days, might easily be so like, that it was difficult to discern the one from the other. And the testimonies of the women were of equal credit, i.e. of none at all.