1 Kings 3
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New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Kings 3:1-4

1Then 1SolomonH8010 2formedH2859 a marriageH2859 allianceH2859 with PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714, and tookH3947 Pharaoh’sH6547 daughterH1323 3and broughtH935 her to the cityH5892 of DavidH1732 4untilH5704 he had finishedH3615 buildingH1129 his own houseH1004 and the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 and 5the wallH2346 aroundH5439 JerusalemH3389. 26The peopleH5971 were stillH7534 sacrificingH2076 on the highH1116 placesH1116, becauseH3588 there was noH3808 houseH1004 builtH1129 for the nameH8034 of the LordH3068 untilH5704 thoseH1992 daysH3117.

3Now 7SolomonH8010 lovedH157 the LordH3068, 8walkingH1980 in the statutesH2708 of his fatherH1 DavidH1732, exceptH7534 he sacrificedH2076 and burnedH6999 incenseH6999 on the highH1116 placesH1116. 49The kingH4428 wentH1980 to 10GibeonH1391 to sacrificeH2076 thereH8033, 11for that was the greatH1419 highH1116 placeH1116; SolomonH8010 offeredH5927 a thousandH505 burntH5930 offeringsH5930 on that altarH4196.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 3:1 1 Kin 7:8; 9:16, 24; 2 Chr 8:11 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 3:1 Lit made himself a son-in-law of Pharaoh ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 3:1 1 Kin 9:24 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 3:1 1 Kin 7:1; 9:10 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 3:1 1 Kin 9:15 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 3:2 Lev 17:3-5; Deut 12:2, 13, 14; 1 Kin 22:43 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 3:3 Deut 6:5; 10:12, 13; 11:13; 30:16; Ps 31:23; 145:20; 1 Cor 8:3 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 3:3 1 Kin 2:3; 9:4; 11:4, 6, 38 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 3:4 2 Chr 1:3 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 3:4 Josh 18:21-25 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 3:4 1 Chr 16:39; 21:29 ↩

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