1 Kings 3:16

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream; and he went to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt-offerings, and prepared peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

17And the one woman said, Pardon, my Lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:16When they have a matter of dispute, they come unto me; and I judge between one and the other, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

Numbers 27:2And they stood before Moses, and before Elazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

Joshua 2:1And Joshua, the son of Nun, had sent out from Shittim two men as spies, secretly, saying, Go ye, view the land and especially Jericho; and they went, and came unto the house of a woman, a harlot, whose name was Rachab, and they lodged there.

Proverbs 25:2It is the honor of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:6-16

God's Appearance to Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king… Read the whole commentary →

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