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1 Kings 3:16

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Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

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1 Kings 3:16 in other translations

Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

1 Kings 3:16 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 3:16 in context

  1. 14If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
  2. 15Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
  3. 16Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
  4. 17The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
  5. 18The third day after I delivered, this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.