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1 Kings 3:16 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 16
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.1 Kings 3:16 · King James Version
1 Kings 3:16 in context
14And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
15And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
16Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
17And 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.
18And 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- harlotszânâhto commit adulteryH2181 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- womenʼishshâha womanH802 →
- stoodʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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An instance is here given of Solomon's wisdom, to show that the grant lately made him had a real effect upon him. The proof is fetched, not from the mysteries of state and the policies of the council-board, though there no doubt he excelled, but from the trial and determination of a cause between party and party,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-28