1 Kings 3:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

One day two women came to King Solomon,

Cross References

1 Kings 3:15

Solomon woke up and realized that God had spoken to him in the dream. He went back to Jerusalem and stood in front of the sacred chest, where he offered sacrifices to please the Lord and sacrifices to ask his blessing. Then Solomon gave a feast for his officials.

1 Kings 3:17

and one of them said: Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. Not long ago my baby was born at home,

Exodus 18:13

The next morning Moses sat down at the place where he decided legal cases for the people, and everyone crowded around him until evening.

Exodus 18:16

They bring their complaints to me, and I make decisions on the basis of God's laws.”

Proverbs 25:2

God is praised for being mysterious; rulers are praised for explaining mysteries.

Leviticus 19:29

Don't let your daughters serve as temple prostitutes—this would bring disgrace both to them and the land.

Numbers 27:2

One day his daughters went to the sacred tent, where they met with Moses, Eleazar, and some other leaders of Israel, as well as a large crowd of Israelites. The young women said:

Deuteronomy 23:17

People of Israel, don't any of you ever be temple prostitutes.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua chose two men as spies and sent them from their camp at Acacia with these instructions: “Go across the river and find out as much as you can about the whole region, especially about the town of Jericho.” The two spies left the Israelite camp at Acacia and went to Jericho, where they decided to spend the night at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Judges 11:1

The leaders of the Gilead clan decided to ask a brave warrior named Jephthah son of Gilead to lead the attack against the Ammonites. Even though Jephthah belonged to the Gilead clan, he had earlier been forced to leave the region where they had lived. Jephthah was the son of a prostitute, but his half-brothers were the sons of his father's wife. One day his half-brothers told him, “You don't really belong to our family, so you can't have any of the family property.” Then they forced Jephthah to leave home. Jephthah went to the country of Tob, where he was joined by a number of men who would do anything for money. So the leaders of Gilead went to Jephthah and said,