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1 Kings 3:16

14 So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

15 Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

17 One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.

18 On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
KJV
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
WEB
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
ASV
Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
DARBY
Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
BLB
Then came two women, prostitutes, to the king, and they stood before his face.
ÅB
På den tid kom det to skjøger og trådte fram for kongen.
OTB
Deretter kom to kvinner som var kjent for sitt yrke til kongen og sto foran ham.
B1930
På den tid kom det to skjøger og trådte frem for kongen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 18:16

    “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

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  • Judges 11:1

    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

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  • Leviticus 19:29

    You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

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  • Joshua 2:1

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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  • Numbers 27:2

    the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,

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  • Deuteronomy 23:17

    No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.

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