World English Bible
1 Kings 3:17
“The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 3
15
Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
16
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
17
The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
18
It happened the third day after I delivered, that this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.
19
This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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