1 Kings 3:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”
1 Kings 3:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 3:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 3:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.”
1 Kings 3:16 — World English Bible
1 Kings 3:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. ”
1 Kings 3:16 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 3:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,”
1 Kings 3:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 3:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him. ”
1 Kings 3:16 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 3:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then came two harlots vnto the King, and stoode before him.”
1 Kings 3:16 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 3:16 in Context — 1 Kings 3
14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered 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 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.
18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
What Does 1 Kings 3:16 Mean?
1 Kings 3:16 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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