1 Kings 3:16
1 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”1 Kings 3:16
What Does 1 Kings 3:16 Mean?
1 Kings 3:16 is found in the book of 1 Kings, chapter 3, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to 1 Kings 3:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 18:16“When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”Exodus 18:26“And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.”Deuteronomy 17:8“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;”Judges 11:1“Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.”2 Samuel 15:2“And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”2 Chronicles 32:4“So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?”Job 29:16“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”Leviticus 19:29“Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.”Numbers 27:2“And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,”Deuteronomy 23:17“There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.”Joshua 2:1“And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.”Job 9:33“Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.”Exodus 18:13“And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.”
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