Verse 16
1 Kings 3:16
New Living Translation
16
Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָ֣ז תָּבֹ֗אנָה שְׁתַּ֛יִם נָשִׁ֥ים זֹנ֖וֹת אֶל הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַֽ/תַּעֲמֹ֖דְנָה לְ/פָנָֽי/ו
English Translation
Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 3 Context
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Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and married one of his daughters. He broug...
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2
At that time the people of Israel sacrificed their offerings at local places of worship, for a templ...
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3
Solomon loved the LORD and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too,...
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4
The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1...
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5
That night the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God (Elohim) said, “What do you want? Ask, a...
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6
Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he wa...
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7
“Now, O LORD my God (Elohim), you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a lit...
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8
And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be...
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9
Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between...
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10
The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom.
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So God (Elohim) replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and...
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I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one el...
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And I will also give you what you did not ask for — riches and fame! No other king in all the world...
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And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you...
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15
Then Solomon woke up and realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem and stood before the...
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16
Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled.
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“Please, my lord,” one of them began, “this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a ba...
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18
Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.
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“But her baby died during the night when she rolled over on it.
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Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead ch...
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And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the...
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Then the other woman interrupted, “It certainly was your son, and the living child is mine.” “No,” t...
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Then the king said, “Let’s get the facts straight. Both of you claim the living child is yours, and...
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All right, bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought to the king.
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Then he said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!”
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Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out,...
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Then the king said, “Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she...
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When all Israel heard the king’s decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisd...
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