1 Kings 3:17

One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

18On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

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Cross References

Romans 13:7Therefore pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:17-28

The Wisdom of Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 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. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20… Read the whole commentary →

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