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1 Kings 3:1-4

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Solomon's Rule Consolidated

1 Then 1Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter 2and brought her to the city of David 3until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and 4the wall around Jerusalem.
2 5The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.
3 Now 6Solomon loved the LORD, 7walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4 8The king went to 9Gibeon to sacrifice there, 10for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
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1 Kings 3:1-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 3

This chapter relates the marriage of Solomon with Pharaoh's daughter, 1Ki 3:1; his piety and devotion, 1Ki 3:2-4; his prayer for wisdom and understanding, which was acceptable to God, who promised to grant his request, with an addition to it, 1Ki 3:5-15; an instance and proof of the wisdom given him in determining a case between two harlots brought before him, which greatly raised his reputation, and gave him reverence among his people, 1Ki 3:16-28.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 10

  • 1. 1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 9:16, 24; 2 Chronicles 8:11
  • 2. 1 Kings 9:24
  • 3. 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 9:10
  • 4. 1 Kings 9:15
  • 5. Leviticus 17:3-5; Deut 12:2, 13, 14; 1 Kings 22:43
  • 6. Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 10:12, 13; Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 30:16; Psalms 31:23; Psalms 145:20; 1 Corinthians 8:3
  • 7. 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 11:4, 6, 38
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 1:3
  • 9. Joshua 18:21-25
  • 10. 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Lit "made himself a son-in-law of Pharaoh"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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