1 Kings 3:16 Meaning and Explanation
“Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”
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What Does 1 Kings 3:16 Mean?
The scene shifts abruptly from the throne room of revelation to a real case. Two women, named as harlots, come and stand before the king. They are among the lowest in the social order, yet the king receives them. The story that follows will put Solomon's God-given wisdom to its first public test, and it begins with the least likely petitioners.
The king's justice is open to the lowliest. That these women can stand before the throne at all speaks of a kingdom where the vulnerable are not turned away. God's wisdom in Solomon will be proved not among the powerful but among the powerless. So the Lord Himself receives the outcast and the sinner, and no one who comes seeking justice and mercy is sent away (Matthew 11:28).
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What does 1 Kings 3:16 mean?
Two women of ill repute come to stand before the king with a dispute.