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Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom

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) The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.(B)

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Solomon Prays for Wisdom(A)

Later, Solomon intermarried with the family of[a] Pharaoh, the king of Egypt by taking his daughter and bringing her to the City of David to live until he had completed building his own palace, the Lord’s Temple, and the wall around Jerusalem. The people were sacrificing at various high places because the Temple had not yet been built and dedicated to[b] the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 3:1 Lit. The Heb. lacks the family of
  2. 1 Kings 3:2 Lit. built for the name of