1 Kings 3:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.”
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BSBPD
“At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Kings 3:16 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 18:13The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.
- Exodus 18:16“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
- Leviticus 19:29You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
- Numbers 27:2the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,
- Deuteronomy 23:17No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
- Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
- Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
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