1 Kings 3:16

In 11 translations

BSB

At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

KJV

¶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

WEB

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

ASV

Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

LSV

Then two women, harlots, come to the king, and they stand before him,

YLT

then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,

DBY

Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

DRC

Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him:

GNV

Then came two harlots vnto the King, and stoode before him.

JPS

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

LXXE

Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.

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WLC

אָ֣ז תָּבֹ֗אנָה שְׁתַּ֛יִם נָשִׁ֥ים זֹנ֖וֹת אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דְנָה לְפָנָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Τότε ὤφθησαν δύο γυναῖκες πόρναι τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.”
• Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
• Numbers 27:2the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,
• Leviticus 19:29You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
• 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.
• Exodus 18:13The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.

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