Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Harlots. Rather than simply, "innkeepers. "(Chaldean) (Menochius)
The latter signification of Zona might, however, seem more natural; as harlots seldom have children; or, at least, any affection for them. Neither would such people have dared to appear before the king, Deuteronomy xxiii. 17.