1 Kings 3:17
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.
16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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.
19 And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
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.