1 Kings 3:1 BSB — MannaFest

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 LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

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ASV

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

KJV

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... Pharaoh was a common name of the kings of Egypt, of whom no mention is made in Scripture from the times of Moses until this time; which may seem strange, when it is considered that that kingdom was a potent one, and near the land of Canaan; but it was governed by a race of kings in this period of time, of whom, as Diodorus Siculus (i) says, there is nothing worthy of relation.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Pharaoh - As being a powerful neighbour, whose daughter doubtless was first instructed in, and proselyted to the Jewish religion. It seems, this was designed by God to be a type of Christ, calling his church to himself, and to the true religion, not only out of the Jews, but even out of the Gentile world.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

What Pharaoh is meant is uncertain. It must have been a predecessor of Shishak (or Sheshonk), who invaded Judaea more than 40 years later 1Ki 14:25; and probabilities are in favor, not of Psusennes II, the last king of Manetho’s 21st dynasty, but of Psinaces, the predecessor of Psusennes. This, the Tanite dynasty, had become very weak, especially toward its close, from where we may conceive how gladly it would ally itself with the powerful house of David. The Jews were not forbidden to marry foreign wives, if they became proselytes.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֣ן	vai.yit.cha.Ten	and he became son-in-law	H2859 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
פַּרְעֹ֖ה	par.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וַיִּקַּ֣ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
פַּרְעֹ֗ה	par.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
וַיְבִיאֶ֙הָ֙	vay.vi.'E.ha	and he brought her	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עִ֣יר	'ir	[the] city of	H5892 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
עַ֣ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
כַּלֹּת֗וֹ	ka.lo.To	finished he	H3615 →
לִבְנ֤וֹת	liv.Not	to build	H1129 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּיתוֹ֙	bei.To	house his	H1004 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
חוֹמַ֥ת	cho.Mat	[the] wall of	H2346 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
סָבִֽיב׃	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →

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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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5
  Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City…
- 2 Samuel 5:9
  So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
- 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.
Through
1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:17
  He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- Proverbs 6:24
  to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Through
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…
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.
Through
1 Kings 6:1
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 3:1–2
  Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the…

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings