1 Kings 3:24

Bible in Basic English

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought the sword to the king.

Hebrew Names Version
The king said, Get me a sword. They brought a sword before the king.

King James Version
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

English Standard Version
And the king said, "Bring me a sword." So a sword was brought before the king.

New Century Version
The king sent his servants to get a sword. When they brought it to him,

New English Translation
The king ordered, "Get me a sword!" So they placed a sword before the king.

Amplified Bible
Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

New American Standard Bible
And the king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King said, Bring me a sworde: & they brought out a sworde before the King.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

Contemporary English Version
Someone bring me a sword." A sword was brought, and Solomon ordered,

Complete Jewish Bible
Bring me a sword," said the king. They brought a sword to the king.

Darby Translation
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then King Solomon sent his servant to get a sword.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Good News Translation
He sent for a sword, and when it was brought,

Lexham English Bible
So the king said, "Bring me a sword," and they brought the sword before the king.

Literal Translation
And the king said, Bring a sword to me. And they brought the sword before the king.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge saide: Fetch me a swerde. And whan the swerde was brought before the kynge,

American Standard Version
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde: Bring me a sworde. And they brought out a sworde before the king.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said: 'Fetch me a sword.' And they brought a sword before the king.

King James Version (1611)
And the King said, Bring mee a sword. And they brought a sword before the king:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

English Revised Version
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Berean Standard Bible
The king continued, "Bring me a sword." So they brought him a sword,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the kyng seide, Brynge ye to me a swerd. And whanne thei hadden brouyt a swerd bifor the kyng,

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,

Update Bible Version
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

World English Bible
The king said, Get me a sword. They brought a sword before the king.

New King James Version
Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

New Living Translation
All right, bring me a sword." So a sword was brought to the king.

New Life Bible
And the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword to the king.

New Revised Standard
So the king said, "Bring me a sword," and they brought a sword before the king.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king said - Bring me a sword! So they brought a sword before the king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king,

Revised Standard Version
And the king said, "Bring me a sword." So a sword was brought before the king.

THE MESSAGE
After a moment the king said, "Bring me a sword." They brought the sword to the king.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king; ¹⁷ And 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. ¹⁸ And 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. ¹⁹ In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death. ²⁰ And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms. ²¹ And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son. ²² And 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. ²³ Then 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. ²⁴ Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king. ²⁵ And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:22 - Nay

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:

Genesis 3:8
And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.

Genesis 3:9
And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.

Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

Genesis 3:18
Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

Exodus 25:2
Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.

Numbers 22:23
And the ass saw the angel of the Lord waiting in the road with his sword in his hand; and turning from the road, the ass went into the field; and Balaam gave the ass blows, to get her back on to the road.

Joshua 5:13
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said, bring me a sword,.... The design of which might not at first appear to the court, and it might be thought strange, and greatly wondered at: what should be the meaning of it:

and they brought a sword before the king; his commands were obeyed.