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


In Context

13 I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like you, all your days.

14 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.|

15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

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

17 The one woman said, |Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.

18 It happened the third day after I delivered, that this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Then there came two women that were harlots, to 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 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.