came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered” (1 Kings 3:17, 18). We note two important features of these deliveries. They are the day of the deliveries, and the disclosure by the deliveries. . “The third day after that I was delivered” (1 Kings 3:18). The births of the two babies in contention here were only three days apart. These women were having immoral affairs at the same time obviously, for their babies were born very close together.