the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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THE MESSAGE
1 Kings 3:16
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Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him.
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
One day two women who were prostitutes came to Solomon. As they stood before him,
Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Then came two harlots vnto the King, and stoode before him.
Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.
One day two women came to King Solomon,
After this, there came to the king two women who were prostitutes. After presenting themselves to him,
Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
One day two prostitutes came to Solomon and stood before the king.
Then came there two women who were harlots to plead before King Solomon.
One day two prostitutes came and presented themselves before King Solomon.
Then two prostitutes came to the king, and they stood before him.
Then two women, harlots, came in to the king and stood before him.
At the same tyme came there two harlottes vnto ye kynge, and stode before him.
Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
Then came there two women that were harlottes, vnto the king, & stoode before him.
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Then came there two women that were harlots, vnto the king, and stood before him.
Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Thanne twei wymmen hooris camen to the kyng, and stoden bifor hym;
then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,
Then there came two women that were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him.
Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him.
Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him.
Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled.
Then two women who sold the use of their bodies came to the king and stood in front of him.
Later, two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king, - and stood before him.
Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
Then two harlots came to the king, and stood before him.
Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
two women: Leviticus 19:29, Deuteronomy 23:17, Joshua 2:1
harlots: The word zanoth, rendered harlots, is here translated by the Targumist, the best judge in this case, pundekon, "tavern-keepers." See note on Joshua 2:1, and see note on Judges 11:1. Had these women been harlots, it is not likely that they would have dared to appear before Solomon; nor is it likely that such persons would have been permitted in the reign of David. Their husbands might at this time have been following their necessary occupations in distant parts.
stood: Exodus 18:13, Exodus 18:16, Numbers 27:2
Reciprocal: Exodus 18:26 - the hard causes Deuteronomy 17:8 - arise 2 Samuel 15:2 - came 2 Chronicles 32:4 - find Job 9:33 - that might Job 29:16 - the cause
Cross-References
The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: "Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?"
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
He said, "I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid."
God said, "Who told you you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?"
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then came there two women [that] were harlots unto the king,.... The same day, as Abarbinel thinks, the night before which the Lord had appeared to Solomon; this came to pass through the providence of God, that there should be immediately an instance and proof of the wisdom and understanding the Lord had given to Solomon; these women, according to the Targum, were victuallers or inn keepers; and so Ben Gersom thinks they were sellers of food, as Rahab; though he observes it is possible they might, prostitute themselves: this may be said in their favour, that common prostitutes do not usually bear children, or, when they do, take no care of them, have no affection for them, and much less are fond of them, as these seem to be; but, on the other hand, no mention being made of their husbands, and living together in one house, and alone, and being impudent, brawling, and litigious, give great suspicion of the truth of the character they bear in our version and others:
and stood before him; to lay their case before him, and each plead their own cause; it may be, it had been tried in another court before, and could not be determined, and so was brought to the king; and, if so, the wisdom of Solomon was the more conspicuous, in deciding it in the manner he did.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 3:16. Then came there two women-harlots — The word זנות zonoth, which we here, and in some other places, improperly translate harlots, is by the Chaldee (the best judge in this case) rendered פונדקין pundekayan, tavern-keepers. (See on Joshua 2:1). If these had been harlots, it is not likely they would have dared to appear before Solomon; and if they had been common women, it is not likely they would have had children; nor is it likely that such persons would have been permitted under the reign of David. Though there is no mention of their husbands, it is probable they might have been at this time in other parts, following their necessary occupations; and the settling the present business could not have been delayed till their return; the appeal to justice must be made immediately.
