The Lord Appears to Solomon

Solomon made an alliance[a] with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying Pharaoh’s daughter.(A) Solomon brought her to the city of David(B) until he finished building his palace,(C) the Lord’s temple,(D) and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:1 Lit Solomon made himself a son-in-law

Solomon’s own palace where he would live, in the other courtyard behind the hall, was of similar construction. And he made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, his wife.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:8 Lit daughter he had taken

Solomon’s Other Activities

24 Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the city of David(A) to the house that Solomon had built for her;(B) he then built the terraces.(C)

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