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Webster's Bible Translation

1 Kings 3:24

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Arbitration;   Judge;   Parents;   Rulers;   Solomon;   Tact;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Justice;   Magistrates;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arms;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Book(s);   Court Systems;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Priests and Levites;   Tabernacle;   Wisdom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Sol'omon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Decision;   Fetch;   Proverbs, Book of;   Queen of Sheba;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sword;  

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.
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 came there two women, [that were] harlots, to the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we [were] together; [there was] no stranger with us in the house, save us two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I bore. 22 And the other woman said, No; but the living [is] my son, and the dead [is] thy son. And this said, No; but the dead [is] thy son, and the living [is] my son. Thus they spoke before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This [is] my son that liveth, and thy son [is] the dead; and the other saith, No; but thy son [is] the dead, and my son [is] the living. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:22 - Nay

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:9
And the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, Where [art] thou?
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man hath become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he should put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Exodus 25:2
Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
Numbers 22:23
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
Joshua 5:13
And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, [Art] thou for us, or for our adversaries?

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.


 
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