485 verses contain “woman” (in the KJV: 413, in the BSB: 357) — showing 101–200
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Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the
damsel, because she
cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young
woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has
violated his
neighbor’s wife. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
But if a man find a
betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
But if the man encounters a
betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
But unto the
damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the
damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
Do nothing to the young
woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his
neighbor and murders him.
When he found her in the field, the
betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the
damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
then the man who lay with her must pay the young
woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has
violated her. He must not
divorce her as long as he lives.
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of
divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
If a man marries a
woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some
indecency in her, he may write her a
certificate of
divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
Thou shalt
betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a
vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
You will be
pledged in marriage to a
woman, but another man will
violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a
vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
The tender and delicate
woman among you, which would not
adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her
bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
The most gentle and refined
woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not
venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will
begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
Lest there should be among you man, or
woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and
wormwood;
Make sure there is no man or
woman, clan or tribe among you
today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the
suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
And the
woman took the two men, and
hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I
wist not whence they were:
But the
woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “
Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and
woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and
ass, with the edge of the sword.
At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and
woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and
donkeys.
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had
spied out the country, Go into the
harlot’s house, and bring out thence the
woman, and all that she hath, as ye
sware unto her.
Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had
spied out the land, “Go into the house of the
prostitute and bring out the
woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a
woman. And
Deborah arose, and went with
Barak to Kedesh.
“I will certainly go with you,”
Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a
woman.” So
Deborah got up and went with
Barak to Kedesh,
Then he called
hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and
slay me, that men say not of me, A
woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
He quickly called his
armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A
woman killed him.’” So
Abimelech’s
armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
And
Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out
Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not
inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange
woman.
And
Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove
Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another
woman.”
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
So the
woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly
awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
And God
hearkened to the voice of
Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the
woman as she sat in the field: but
Manoah her husband was not with her.
And God
listened to the voice of
Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the
woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband
Manoah was not with her.
And the
woman made
haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
And
Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the
woman? And he said, I am.
So
Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
And the angel of the LORD said unto
Manoah, Of all that I said unto the
woman let her
beware.
So the angel of the LORD answered
Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
And the
woman bare a son, and called his name
Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
So the
woman gave birth to a son and named him
Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
And
Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a
woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a
woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the
uncircumcised Philistines? And
Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young
woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the
uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But
Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
And he went down, and talked with the
woman; and she pleased
Samson well.
Then
Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the
woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.
So his father went down unto the
woman: and
Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
Then his father went to visit the
woman, and
Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the
bridegroom.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a
woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah.
Some time later,
Samson fell in love with a
woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah.
Then came the
woman in the
dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.
Early that morning, the
woman went back to the house where her master was staying,
collapsed at the
doorway, and lay there until it was light.
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the
woman his
concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the
threshold.
In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his
concubine,
collapsed in the
doorway of the house, with her hands on the
threshold.
And the
Levite, the husband of the
woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my
concubine, to
lodge.
So the
Levite, the husband of the murdered
woman, answered: “I and my
concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to
spend the night.
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every
woman that hath
lain by man.
This is what you are to do:
Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and
Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?
And Boaz asked the
foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young
woman is this?”
And it came to pass at
midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a
woman lay at his feet.
At
midnight, Boaz was
startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a
woman!
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people
doth know that thou art a
virtuous woman.
And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before
anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a
woman came to the
threshing floor.”
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the
woman that is come into thine house like
Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou
worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in
Bethlehem:
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the
woman entering your home like
Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in
Bethlehem.
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
And may your house become like the house of
Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young
woman.”
And
Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a
woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have
drunken neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
“No, my lord,”
Hannah replied. “I am a
woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Count not thine
handmaid for a daughter of
Belial: for out of the abundance of my
complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Do not take your servant for a wicked
woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my
anguish and grief.”
And she said, Let thine
handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more
sad.
“May your
maidservant find favor with you,” said
Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer
downcast.
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good;
tarry until thou have
weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the
woman abode, and gave her son
suck until she
weaned him.
“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have
weaned him. Only may the LORD
confirm His word.” So
Hannah stayed and
nursed her son until she had
weaned him.
And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
“Please, my lord,” said
Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the
woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
They that were full have
hired out themselves for bread; and they that were
hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
The well-fed
hire themselves out for food, but the
starving hunger no more. The barren
woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
And
Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this
woman for the
loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
And
Eli would
bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this
woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
Now go and
smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and
spare them not; but
slay both man and
woman, infant and
suckling, ox and sheep,
camel and
ass.
Now go and attack the
Amalekites and
devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not
spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and
donkeys.’”
Then Saul’s anger was
kindled against
Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the
perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of
Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
Then Saul’s anger burned against
Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a
perverse and
rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of
Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife
Abigail: and she was a
woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was
churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of
Caleb.
His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was
Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful
woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
And David
smote the land, and left neither man nor
woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the
asses, and the camels, and the
apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or
woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the
donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
And David saved neither man nor
woman alive, to bring
tidings to
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
David did not leave a man or
woman alive to be brought to
Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in
Philistine territory.
Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a
woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and
enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a
woman that hath a familiar spirit at
Endor.
Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a
woman who is a medium, so I can go and
consult her.” “There is a medium at
Endor,” his servants replied.
And Saul
disguised himself, and put on other
raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the
woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
So Saul
disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the
woman at night, and Saul said, “
Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
And the
woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a
snare for my life, to cause me to die?
But the
woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a
trap to get me killed?”
Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
“Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.
And when the
woman saw Samuel, she
cried with a loud voice: and the
woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou
deceived me? for thou art Saul.
But when the
woman saw Samuel, she
cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you
deceived me? You are Saul!”
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
And the
woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was
sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine
handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have
hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
When the
woman came to Saul and saw how
distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your
maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the
woman, compelled him; and he
hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the
woman in
urging him, and he
heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
And the
woman had a fat
calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and
kneaded it, and did
bake unleavened bread thereof:
Then was
Abner very
wroth for the words of
Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do
shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this
woman?
Abner was
furious over
Ish-bosheth’s
accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been
loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you
accuse me of
wrongdoing with this
woman!
And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a
cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a
flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
Then he distributed to every man and
woman among the multitude of Israel a
loaf of bread, a date
cake, and a
raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
One evening David got up from his bed and
strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a
woman bathing—a very beautiful
woman.
And David sent and enquired after the
woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-
sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
And the
woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am
pregnant.”
Who
smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a
woman cast a piece of a
millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye
nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Who was the one to strike
Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a
woman who dropped an upper
millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this
woman out from me, and
bolt the door after her.
Instead, he called to his
attendant and said, “Throw this
woman out and
bolt the door behind her!”
And
Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained
desolate in her brother
Absalom’s house.
Her brother
Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a
desolate woman in the house of her brother
Absalom.
So
Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise
woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a
mourner; put on clothes for
mourning and do not
anoint yourself with oil. Act like a
woman who has
mourned for the dead a long time.
And when the
woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did
obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
When the
woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in
homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
But the
woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any
blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
Then the
woman said, Let thine
handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
And the
woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king
doth speak this thing as one which is
faulty, in that the king
doth not
fetch home again his banished.
The
woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not
convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
Then the king said to the
woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not
conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.
And the king said, Is not the hand of
Joab with thee in all this? And the
woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant
Joab, he
bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine
handmaid:
So the king asked, “Is the hand of
Joab behind all this?” The
woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says.
Yes, your servant
Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your
maidservant exactly what to say.
And unto
Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a
woman of a fair countenance.
Three sons were born to
Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful
woman.
And the
woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn
thereon; and the thing was not known.
Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well,
scattering grain over it so
nobody would know a thing.
And when
Absalom’s servants came to the
woman to the house, they said, Where is
Ahimaaz and
Jonathan? And the
woman said unto them, They be gone over the
brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
When
Absalom’s servants came to the
woman at the house, they asked, “Where are
Ahimaaz and
Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the
brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
Then
cried a wise
woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto
Joab, Come near
hither, that I may speak with thee.
a wise
woman called out from the city, “
Listen!
Listen! Please tell
Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
And when he was come near unto her, the
woman said, Art thou
Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine
handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
When he had come near to her, the
woman asked, “Are you
Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “
Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am
listening,” he answered.
Then she spake, saying, They were
wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at
Abel: and so they ended the matter.
Then the
woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at
Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim,
Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the
woman said unto
Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
That is not the case. But a man named
Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the
woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
Then the
woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of
Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to
Joab. And he
blew a
trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And
Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
Then the
woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of
Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to
Joab. So he
blew the ram’s horn and his men
dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And
Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
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.
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.
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
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.
And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
And the other
woman said,
Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
“No,” said the other
woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first
woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they
argued before the king.
Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith,
Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
Then spake the
woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her
bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise
slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
Then the
woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she
yearned with
compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living
baby. Do not kill him!” But the other
woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise
slay it: she is the mother thereof.
Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living
baby to the first
woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
And
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow
woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
Now
Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.
Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
And the LORD said unto
Ahijah, Behold, the wife of
Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall
feign herself to be another
woman.
But the LORD had said to
Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of
Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be
disguised.”
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow
woman there to
sustain thee.
“Get up and go to Zarephath of
Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow
woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said,
Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
So
Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks.
Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
And she went and did according to the saying of
Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
So she went and did according to the word of
Elijah, and there was food every day for
Elijah and the
woman and her household.
And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the
woman, the
mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so
sore, that there was no breath left in him.
Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.