1 Kings 3:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ Then two women, whores, came to the sovereign, and stood before him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then two women who had become mothers out of wedlock came and stood before the king.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Sometime later, two prostitutes came and stood before the king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then two women harlots went to the king, and they stood before him.

1 Kings 3:16 Cross References

1 Kings 3:15

And Shelomoh awoke, and see, it was a dream! And he came into Yerushalayim and stood before the ark of the covenant of יהוה, and offered up burnt offerings and made peace offerings. And he made a feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 3:17

And one woman said, “O my master, this woman and I dwell in the same house. And I gave birth while she was in the house.

Exodus 18:13

And it came to be, on the next day, that Mosheh sat to rightly rule the people. And the people stood before Mosheh from morning until evening.

Exodus 18:16

“When they have a matter, they come to me, and I rightly rule between one and another, and make known the laws of Elohim and His Torot.”

Proverbs 25:2

It is the esteem of Elohim to hide a matter, And the esteem of sovereigns to search out a matter.

Leviticus 19:29

‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a whore, so that the land does not whore, and the land becomes filled with wickedness.

Numbers 27:2

And they stood before Mosheh, and before Elʽ

Deuteronomy 23:17

“None of the daughters of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 2:1

And Yehoshua son of Nun secretly sent out two men from Shittim to spy, saying, “Go, see the land, and Yeriḥ

Judges 11:1

And Yiphtaḥ