Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then came there two women that were harlots unto the king and 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then two prostitutes came to the king, and they stood before him.
Modern King James verseion
Then there came two women, harlots, to 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 When Solomon awoke, this was his dream. And he came to Jerusalem and presented himself before the Ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and 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. 17 And the one of them said, "Oh my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. And I was delivered of a child with her in the said house.
Cross References
Exodus 18:16
For when they have a matter, they come unto me, and I must judge between every man and his neighbor, and must show them the ordinances of God and his laws."
Leviticus 19:29
"'Thou shalt not pollute thy daughter, that thou wouldest maintain her to be an whore: lest the land fall to whoredom, and wax full of wickedness.
Numbers 27:2
came and stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and before the lords and all the multitude in the door of the tabernacle of witness, saying,
Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor whorekeeper of the sons of Israel.
Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies, secretly, saying, "Go and view the land and also Jericho." And they went, and came unto a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Judges 11:1
And there was one Jephthah a Gileadite, a strong man, which was the son of a harlot: Howbeit Gilead begat Jephthah.
Exodus 18:13
And it chanced on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from morning unto evening.