1 Kings 3
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1 Kings 3:1-3

1Now 1SolomonH8010 2formedH2859 aH2859 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 that he was sacrificingH2076 and burningH6999 incenseH6999 on the highH1116 placesH1116.

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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 ↩

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