Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then two prostitutes came to the king, and they stood before him.
New American Standard Bible
Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.
King James Version
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Holman Bible
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
International Standard Version
Right about then, two prostitutes approached the king and requested an audience with him.
A Conservative Version
Then two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him.
American Standard Version
Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Amplified
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Bible in Basic English
Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
Darby Translation
Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
Julia Smith Translation
Then will come two women, harlots, to the king, and they will stand before him.
King James 2000
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Modern King James verseion
Then there came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then came there two women that were harlots unto the king and stood before him.
NET Bible
Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
New Heart English Bible
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
The Emphasized Bible
Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king, - and stood before him.
Webster
Then came there two women, that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
World English Bible
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
Youngs Literal Translation
then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,
Themes
Arbitration » Instances of » The two harlots in the presence of king solomon
Harlots » General references to
Judge » Kings and other rulers as
Justice » Exemplified » Solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Magistrates » Should » Judge wisely
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Solomon » Judgment
Solomon » His wisdom see » In judicial insight
Solomon » Justice of, illustrated in his judgment of the two prostitutes
Interlinear
Sh@nayim
Zanah
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 3:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Wisdom Tested: The Two Prostitutes
15 Then Solomon awoke, and look, [it was] a dream, and he came [to] Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of [the] Lord, and he offered burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings, and he held a feast for all of his servants. 16 Then two prostitutes came to the king, and they stood before him. 17 The one woman said, "Please my lord, I and this woman are living in one house, and I gave birth, with her in the house.
Cross References
Exodus 18:16
When {they have an issue}, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make known God's rule and his instructions."
Leviticus 19:29
" 'You shall not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, {lest the land be prostituted and the land fill up with depravity}.
Numbers 27:2
They stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders of the entire community [at] the doorway of the tent of assembly, saying,
Deuteronomy 23:17
"No woman {of Israel} shall be a temple prostitute, and no man {of Israel} shall be a male shrine prostitute.
Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men from Acacia Grove [as] spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they went, and entered the house of a prostitute whose name [was] Rahab, and {spent the night} there.
Judges 11:1
Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior; he was the son of a prostitute, and {Gilead was his father}.
Exodus 18:13
{And} the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning until the evening.