16Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him:


In Context

13 Yea and the things also which thou didst not ask, I have given thee: to wit riches and glory, as that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore.

14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and Beep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days.

15 And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it was a dream: and when he was come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of peace offerings, and made a great feast for all his servants.

16 Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him:

17 And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber.

18 And the third day, after that I was delivered, she also was delivered, and we were together, and no other person with us in the house, only we two.

1 Kings 3:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Then came there two women, that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Then came there two women, that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.