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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV 1KI 3:16 verse available
OET-LV then they_came two women prostitutes to the_king and_stood before_face/front_him.
UHB אָ֣ז תָּבֹ֗אנָה שְׁתַּ֛יִם נָשִׁ֥ים זֹנ֖וֹת אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דְנָה לְפָנָֽיו׃ ‡
(ʼāz tāⱱoʼnāh shəttayim nāshiym zonōt ʼel-hammelek vattaˊₐmodnāh ləfānāyv.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT At that time two women, prostitutes, came to the king and they stood before his face.
UST One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
BSB § At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
OEB Then two harlots came to the king and stood before him.
WEB Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
NET Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
LSV Then two women, harlots, come to the king, and they stand before him,
FBV Later two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him for judgment.[fn]
3:16 “For judgment”: implied by the fact they came before him.
T4T One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
LEB Then two prostitutes came to the king, and they stood before him.
BBE Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
MOF No MOF 1KI book available
JPS Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
ASV Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
DRA Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him:
YLT then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,
DBY Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
RV Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
WBS Then came there two women, that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
KJB ¶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
(¶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. )
BB Then came there two women that were harlottes, vnto the king, & stoode before him.
(Then came there two women that were harlottes, unto the king, and stood before him.)
GNV Then came two harlots vnto the King, and stoode before him.
(Then came two harlots unto the King, and stood before him. )
CB At the same tyme came there two harlottes vnto ye kynge, and stode before him.
(At the same time came there two harlottes unto ye/you_all king, and stood before him.)
WYC Thanne twei wymmen hooris camen to the kyng, and stoden bifor hym;
(Then two women hooris came to the king, and stood before him;)
LUT Zu der Zeit kamen zwo Huren zum Könige und traten vor ihn.
(Zu the Zeit came zwo Huren for_the kinge and traten before/in_front_of ihn.)
CLV Tunc venerunt duæ mulieres meretrices ad regem, steteruntque coram eo:
(Tunc venerunt duæ mulieres meretrices to regem, steteruntque coram eo: )
BRN Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.
BrLXX Τότε ὤφθησαν δύο γυναῖκες πόρναι τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
(Tote ōfthaʸsan duo gunaikes pornai tōi basilei, kai estaʸsan enōpion autou. )
3:16 prostitutes: While the law condemned prostitution (Lev 19:29; Deut 23:18), it still existed in ancient Israel. Though these women were of the most despised class of women in Israelite society, Solomon demonstrated his kindness and availability to all people by dealing justice to them as mothers, not as prostitutes.
Solomon’s Wisdom
When God gave Solomon the opportunity to ask for anything he wanted, Solomon chose wisdom, so that he could “govern [God’s] people well and know the difference between right and wrong” (1 Kgs 3:9). In response to this unselfish choice, God granted the wisdom he desired (3:12) and the rewards of its proper use (3:13-14; 2 Chr 1:14-17).
Solomon’s subsequent behavior provided immediate evidence of his wisdom. He resolved an argument over a child with such insight that the people were “in awe of the king” (1 Kgs 3:16-28). Later, the queen of Sheba came to test him with difficult questions and found his wisdom exceeding all that she had heard about it (10:1-9). His administration (4:1-28), his diplomacy (5:1-9), his building projects (5:10–7:51), and his commerce (9:26-28; 10:14-29) all demonstrated his wisdom. Solomon accumulated vast knowledge (4:29-33) and wrote proverbs (much of the book of Proverbs), songs (Pss 72; 127), love poetry (the Song of Songs), and philosophical literature (Ecclesiastes). He used his wisdom to build the Temple (2 Chr 2:12), even as Bezalel had previously been endowed with wisdom to build the Tabernacle (Exod 31:1-3).
Jesus noted Solomon’s great wisdom and reminded his hearers that someone even greater than Solomon was among them (Matt 12:42). Jesus is the true wisdom of God in whom one can find ultimate wisdom (1 Cor 1:24). A life of wisdom is centered in Christ (1 Cor 1:18-25; Col 3:16; 2 Pet 3:18) and in Scripture (2 Tim 3:14-17).
Passages for Further Study
Exod 31:1-6; 1 Kgs 3:5-14; 3:16-28; 4:29-34; 5:2-7; 10:1-13; 2 Chr 1:7-12; Pss 72:1-20; 111:10; 127:1-5; Eccl 12:9-14; Isa 11:1-5; Jer 9:23-24; Matt 12:42; Jas 1:5