1 Kings 3:24

New Living Translation

All right, bring me a sword." So a sword was brought to 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.

Bible in Basic English
Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put 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 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 Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled. ¹⁷ "Please, my lord," one of them began, "this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was with me in the house. ¹⁸ Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house. ¹⁹ "But her baby died during the night when she rolled over on it. ²⁰ Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her. ²¹ And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn't my son at all." ²² Then the other woman interrupted, "It certainly was your son, and the living child is mine." "No," the first woman said, "the living child is mine, and the dead one is yours." And so they argued back and forth before the king. ²³ Then the king said, "Let's get the facts straight. Both of you claim the living child is yours, and each says that the dead one belongs to the other. ²⁴ All right, bring me a sword." So a sword was brought to the king. ²⁵ Then he said, "Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!"

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

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
"Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden," the woman replied.

Genesis 3:8
When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees.

Genesis 3:9
Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:16
Then he said to the woman, "I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you."

Genesis 3:17
And to the man he said, "Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.

Genesis 3:18
It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains.

Genesis 3:22
Then the Lord God said, "Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!"

Exodus 25:2
"Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them.

Numbers 22:23
Balaam's donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.

Joshua 5:13
When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, "Are you friend or foe?"

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.