1 Kings 3:1
And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao the king of Egypt: for he took his daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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Deuteronomy 23:8They that are born of them, in the third generation shall enter into the church of the Lord.
1 Kings 2:10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kings 7:1And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection.
1 Kings 9:1And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he desired, and was pleased to do,
1 Kings 9:16Pharao the king of Egypt came up and took Gazer, and burnt it with fire: and slew the Chanaanite that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
1 Kings 11:1And king Solomon loved many strange women besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the Hethites:
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:1
Solomon's reign looked bloody in the foregoing chapter, but the necessary acts of justice must not be called cruelty; in this chapter it appears with another face. We must not think the worse of God's mercy to his subjects for his judgments on rebels. We have here, I. Solomon's marriage to Pharaoh's daughter, ver. 1 . II. A general view of his religion, ver. 2-4 . III. A particular account of his prayer to God for wisdom, and the answer to that prayer, ver. 5-15 . IV. A particular instance of his wisdom in… Read the whole commentary →