Laravel Eloquent whereHas Escapes numeric breaking sqlite count(...) > ?

gistfile1.php

public function getFeaturedProducts_DOESNTWORK_WITH_SQLITE($storeId, $limit = 1)
    {
        $query = $this->product->newInstance()
            ->where('store_id', $storeId)
            ->limit($limit)
            ->with(
                array(
                    'productMedia' => function ($query) {
                        /**
                         * we can't limit it because it gets all of the media at once
                         */
                        $query->orderBy('mediaType','asc');
                    }
                )
            );

        $query->whereHas('productAttribute',function ($query) {
            return $query->where('attributeKey', 'featured')
                         ->where('attributeValue', 'true');
        },'>=',1);  // <- this is an integer of 1.
            
        $results = $query->get();
        return $results;
    }

public function getFeaturedProducts_WORKS_WITH_SQLLITE($storeId, $limit = 1)
    {
        $query = $this->product->newInstance()
            ->where('store_id', $storeId)
            ->limit($limit)
            ->with(
                array(
                    'productMedia' => function ($query) {
                        /**
                         * we can't limit it because it gets all of the media at once
                         */
                        $query->orderBy('mediaType','asc');
                    }
                )
            );

        $query->whereHas('productAttribute',function ($query) {
            return $query->where('attributeKey', 'featured')
                         ->where('attributeValue', 'true');
        },'>=', DB::raw('1')); // this works
            
        $results = $query->get();
        return $results;
    }