1 Kings 3:1

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

2 The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.

3 And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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BSB
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
KJV
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
WEB
Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, the LORD’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.
ASV
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh`s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
DARBY
And Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ended building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
BLB
And Solomon joined in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he took the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her in to the City of David, until his completing to build his own house, and the house of YHWH, and the wall all around Jerusalem.
ÅB
Og Salomo inngikk svogerskap med Farao, Egypts konge; han tok Faraos datter til ekte og førte henne inn i Davids stad inntil han ble ferdig med å bygge både sitt eget hus og Herrens hus og muren rundt omkring Jerusalem.
OTB
Salomo inngikk en ekteskapsallianse med farao, kongen av Egypt, og førte faraos datter til Davids by. Dette var inntil han hadde fullført byggingen av sitt eget hus, Herrens hus, og muren rundt Jerusalem.
B1930
Og Salomo inngikk svogerskap med Farao, Egyptens konge; han tok Faraos datter til ekte og førte henne inn i Davids stad inntil han blev ferdig med å bygge både sitt eget hus og Herrens hus og muren rundt omkring Jerusalem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 9:24

    As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.

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  • 1 Kings 11:1

    King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

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  • 2 Chronicles 8:11

    Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:1–4

    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:7

    Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

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  • 1 Kings 9:15–19

    This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

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  • 1 Kings 6:1–7:15

    In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.

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  • Ezra 5:11

    And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

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