1 Kings 9:24-26

Contemporary English Version

²⁴Solomon's wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from the older part of Jerusalem^[a] to her new palace. Then Solomon had the land on the east side of Jerusalem filled in.^[b]

²⁵^(A) Three times a year, Solomon burned incense and offered sacrifices to the Lord on the altar he had built.

Solomon had now finished building the Lord's temple.

²⁶He also had a lot of ships at Ezion-Geber, a town in Edom near Eloth on the Red Sea.^[c]

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Footnotes

9.24 the older … Jerusalem: See the note at 3.1.
9.24 the land … filled in: See the note at 9.15.
9.26 Red Sea: Hebrew yam suph, here referring to the Gulf of Aqaba, since the term is extended to include the northeastern arm of the Red Sea (see also the note at Exodus 13.11).