Bible verse
One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
1 Kings 3:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 3.
13 Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
14 So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
15 Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
16 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
17 One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
18 On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.
19 During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
20 So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
21 The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
KJV
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.
ASV
And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
ERV
And the one woman said, Oh my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
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