1 Kings 3:16
Good News Translation
One day two prostitutes came and presented themselves before King Solomon.

New Revised Standard Version
Later, two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Contemporary English Version
One day two women came to King Solomon,

New American Bible
Later, two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

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Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

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Leviticus 19:29 Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness.

Deuteronomy 23:17 There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.

Joshua 2:1 And Joshua, the son of Nun, sent from Setim two men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land, and the city of Jericho. They went, and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot, named Rahab, and lodged with her.

Joshua 2:1 And Joshua, the son of Nun, sent from Setim two men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land, and the city of Jericho. They went, and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot, named Rahab, and lodged with her.

Judges 11:1 There was at that time Jephte, the Galaadite, a most valiant man, and a warrior, the son of a woman that was a harlot, and his father was Galaad.

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Context
Solomon Judges Wisely
16Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.17And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber.…
Cross References
1 Kings 3:15
And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it was a dream: and when he was come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of peace offerings, and made a great feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 3:17
And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber.

1 Kings 3:15
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