1 Kings 3:1

Good News Translation (US Version)

Solomon made an alliance with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. He brought her to live in David's City until he had finished building his palace, the Temple, and the wall around Jerusalem.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:24

Solomon filled in the land on the east side of the city, after his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, had moved from David's City to the palace Solomon built for her.

1 Kings 11:1

Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides the daughter of the king of Egypt he married Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.

2 Chronicles 8:11

Solomon moved his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, from David's City to a house he built for her. He said, “She must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, because any place where the Covenant Box has been is holy.”

1 Kings 6:1

Four hundred and eighty years after the people of Israel left Egypt, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the second month, the month of Ziv, Solomon began work on the Temple.

2 Samuel 5:7

But David did capture their fortress of Zion, and it became known as “David's City.”)

Ezra 5:11

“They answered, ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple which was originally built and equipped many years ago by a powerful king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:1

When King Jehoshaphat of Judah became rich and famous, he arranged a marriage between a member of his family and the family of King Ahab of Israel.

1 Chronicles 11:7

Because David went to live in the fortress, it came to be called “David's City.”

Ezra 9:14

Then how can we ignore your commandments again and intermarry with these wicked people? If we do, you will be so angry that you will destroy us completely and let no one survive.

1 Kings 2:10

David died and was buried in David's City.

1 Kings 7:1

Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years.

1 Kings 7:8

Solomon's own quarters, in another court behind the Hall of Judgment, were made like the other buildings. He also built the same kind of house for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt.

1 Kings 9:10

It took Solomon twenty years to build the Temple and his palace.

Deuteronomy 23:8

From the third generation onward their descendants may be included among the Lord's people.

1 Kings 9:1

After King Solomon had finished building the Temple and the palace and everything else he wanted to build,