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1 Kings 3:16

14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

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

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

17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 18:16

    When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

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  • Judges 11:1

    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

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  • Leviticus 19:29

    Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

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  • Joshua 2:1

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

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  • Numbers 27:2

    And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

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  • Deuteronomy 23:17

    There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

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