1 Kings 9:16 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 9:16

Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

BSB

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ASV

Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a portion unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

KJV

For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Pharaoh - had gone up, and taken Gezer - This city Joshua had taken from the Canaanites, Jos 10:33; Jos 12:12, and it was divided by lot to the tribe of Ephraim, and was intended to be one of the Levitical cities; but it appears that the Canaanites had retaken it, and kept possession till the days of Solomon, when his father-in-law, Pharaoh king of Egypt, retook it, and gave it to Solomon in dowry with his daughter.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Solomon was not himself a warlike prince, but the king of Egypt, who was, took cities for him to build. Then he built cities for convenience, for store, for his chariots, and for his horsemen,

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
פַּרְעֹ֨ה	par.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
מִצְרַ֜יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
עָלָ֗ה	'a.Lah	he had gone up	H5927 →
וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד	vai.yil.Kod	and he had captured	H3920 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
גֶּ֙זֶר֙	ge.zer	Gezer	H1507 →
וַיִּשְׂרְפָ֣הּ	vai.yis.re.Fah	and he had burned it	H8313 →
בָּאֵ֔שׁ	ba.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י	ha.ke.na.'a.Ni	the Canaanite[s]	H3669 →
הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב	hai.yo.Shev	who was dwelling	H3427 →
בָּעִ֖יר	ba.'Ir	in the city	H5892 →
הָרָ֑ג	ha.Rag	he had killed	H2026 →
וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֙	vai.yi.te.Nah	and he had given it	H5414 →
שִׁלֻּחִ֔ים	shi.lu.Chim	dowri<es>	H7964 →
לְבִתּ֖וֹ	le.vi.To	to daughter his	H1323 →
אֵ֥שֶׁת	'E.shet	[the] wife of	H802 →
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 7:8
And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:11
  Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 3:1
  Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Kings 3:1
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the…
leads to
- 1 Kings 9:24
  As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Joshua 16:10
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
leads to
- Judges 1:29
  Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
- Deuteronomy 7:1–2
  When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations…
- Joshua 17:13
  However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.
Through
1 Kings 9:24
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
leads to
- 1 Kings 7:8
  And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
- 1 Kings 11:27
  and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

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