Bible in Basic English
"Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;"
— 1 Kings 3:16, Bible in Basic English
“Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”
“Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. ”
“Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.”
“Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”
And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.
And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.
Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.
And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.
In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.