1 Kings 3:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 18:16 : 16 And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.
  • Lev 19:29 : 29 Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.
  • Num 27:2 : 2 They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of the Tent of meeting, and said,
  • Deut 23:17 : 17 No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.
  • Judg 11:1 : 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.
  • Exod 18:13 : 13 Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 3:17-18
    2 verses
    80%

    17And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.

    18And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
    77%

    15And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.

  • Ezek 23:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

    2Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:

  • 1 Kgs 3:22-24
    3 verses
    72%

    22And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king.

    23Then the king said, One says, The living child is my son, and yours is the dead: and the other says, Not so; but your son is the dead one and mine is the living.

    24Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1Now a number of strange women were loved by Solomon, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

    2The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

    3He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

    4For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

  • Prov 7:10
    71%

    10And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

  • 1 Kgs 1:22
    70%

    22And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

  • Neh 13:26
    70%

    26Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

  • 2 Sam 15:16
    70%

    16So the king went out, taking with him all the people of his house, but for ten of his women, who were to take care of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 10:1-4
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    70%

    1Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

    2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

    3And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.

    4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
    69%

    28Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.

  • Esth 2:13
    69%

    13And in this way the girl went in to the king; whatever she had a desire for was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.

  • 2 Chr 9:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

    2And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which he did not make clear to her.

    3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 2:13
    69%

    13Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.

  • 1 Kgs 2:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.

    19So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.

  • 2 Sam 14:3
    68%

    3And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
    68%

    11(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    68%

    12And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

  • Ezek 16:35
    68%

    35For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:

  • 1 Kgs 1:16
    68%

    16And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

  • Song 3:11
    68%

    11Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 9:2
    68%

    2The Lord came to him again in a vision, as he had done at Gibeon;

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    68%

    13And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    68%

    53So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

  • Ezek 23:42-44
    3 verses
    67%

    42... and they put jewels on her hands and beautiful crowns on her head.

    43Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways.

    44And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.

  • Dan 2:2
    67%

    2Then the king gave orders that the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and those who made use of evil powers, and the Chaldaeans, were to be sent for to make clear to the king his dreams. So they came and took their places before the king.

  • 2 Chr 1:7
    67%

    7In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

  • Esth 2:2
    67%

    2Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

  • Ezek 16:32
    67%

    32The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

  • 2 Sam 20:3
    67%

    3And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

  • Gen 38:21
    67%

    21And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
    67%

    10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
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    13So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    66%

    46And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.