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Strong Concordance 1Ki 3:20 And she arose [06965] at midnight [08432] [03915], and took [03947] my son [01121] from beside [0681] me, while thine handmaid [0519] slept [03463], and laid [07901] it in her bosom [02436], and laid [07901] her dead [04191] child [01121] in my bosom [02436].

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BOSOM The front of the upper part of the body, the breast. The orientals generally wore long wide, and loose garments; and when about to carry any thing away that their hands would not contain, they used for the purpose a fold in the bosom of their robe above the girdle, Lu 6:38. Our Savior is said to carry his lambs in his bosom, which beautifully represents his tender care and watchfulness over them, Isa 40:11.
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