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1 Kings 3:1

Daughter of PharaohDavidPharaohPharaohSolomonEgyptJerusalem
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.

2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in 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.

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  • 1 Kings 9:24

    But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

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  • 1 Kings 11:1

    But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

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  • 2 Chronicles 8:11

    And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:1–4

    And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:7

    Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

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  • 1 Kings 9:15–19

    And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

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  • 1 Kings 6:1–7:15

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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  • Ezra 5:11

    And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

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