1 Kings 3:16

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 18:16 : 16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."
  • Lev 19:29 : 29 "'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
  • Num 27:2 : 2 They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,
  • Deut 23:17 : 17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, including Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
  • Judg 11:1 : 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute: and Gilead became the father of Jephthah.
  • Exod 18:13 : 13 It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 3:17-18
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    80%

    17The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.

    18It happened the third day after I delivered, that this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
    77%

    15Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

  • Ezek 23:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

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

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

    22The other woman said, "No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son." This said, "No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son." Thus they spoke before the king.

    23Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;' and the other says, 'No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'"

    24The king said, "Get me a sword." They brought a sword before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

    2of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, "You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon joined to these in love.

    3He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

    4For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.

  • Prov 7:10
    71%

    10Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

  • 1 Kgs 1:22
    70%

    22Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

  • Neh 13:26
    70%

    26Didn't Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

  • 2 Sam 15:16
    70%

    16The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.

  • 1 Kgs 10:1-4
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    1When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.

    2She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

    3Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.

    4When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
    69%

    28Then king David answered, "Call to me Bathsheba." She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

  • Esth 2:13
    69%

    13The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women's house to the king's house.

  • 2 Chr 9:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

    2Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hidden from Solomon which he didn't tell her.

    3When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 2:13
    69%

    13Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, "Do you come peaceably?" He said, "Peaceably.

  • 1 Kgs 2:18-19
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    68%

    18Bathsheba said, "Alright. I will speak for you to the king."

    19Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

  • 2 Sam 14:3
    68%

    3Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
    68%

    11The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    68%

    12King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

  • Ezek 16:35
    68%

    35Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of Yahweh:

  • 1 Kgs 1:16
    68%

    16Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, "What would you like?"

  • Song 3:11
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    11Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart. Lover

  • 1 Kgs 9:2
    68%

    2that Yahweh appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    68%

    13King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    68%

    53So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."

  • Ezek 23:42-44
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    67%

    42The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the hands of them [twain], and beautiful crowns on their heads.

    43Then I said of her who was old in adulteries, Now will they play the prostitute with her, and she [with them].

    44They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.

  • Dan 2:2
    67%

    2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

  • 2 Chr 1:7
    67%

    7In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."

  • Esth 2:2
    67%

    2Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

  • Ezek 16:32
    67%

    32A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!

  • 2 Sam 20:3
    67%

    3David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

  • Gen 38:21
    67%

    21Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
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    10She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
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    13So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
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    46Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.