They said, ‘My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.
1 Kings 3:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised One woman said, ‘Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I had a baby while she was in the house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And 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. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible One of them said, “Please, Your Majesty, listen: This woman and I have been living in the same house. I gave birth while she was there. Catholic Public Domain Version And one of them said: "I beg you, my lord, I and this woman were living in one house, and I gave birth, with her in the room. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber. |
They said, ‘My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
On the third day after I gave birth, she also had a baby and we were alone. No one else was with us in the house; just the two of us were there.
Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those to whom you owe taxes, tolls to those to whom you owe tolls, respect to those to whom you owe respect, and honour to those to whom you owe honour.