1 Kings 3:1-2

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Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom

3 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt; he took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.^{(A) 2} The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.^(B)