1 Kings 3:17
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.
16 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
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.
19 During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
- ASV
- And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
- DARBY
- And the first woman said, Ah, my lord! I and this woman abode in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
- BLB
- And one woman said, “Please my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I gave birth while she [was] in the house.
- ÅB
- Og den ene kvinne sa: Hør på meg, herre! Jeg og denne kvinne bodde i samme hus, og jeg fødte et barn i huset hos henne.
- OTB
- En kvinne sa, "Vær så snill, min herre: denne kvinnen og jeg bor i samme hus; og jeg fødte et barn mens hun var i huset.
- B1930
- Og den ene kvinne sa: Hør på mig, herre! Jeg og denne kvinne bodde i samme hus, og jeg fødte et barn i huset hos henne.