1 Kings 3:1

New Century Version

Solomon made an agreement with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter and bringing her to Jerusalem. At this time Solomon was still building his palace and the Temple of the Lord, as well as a wall around Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

But David did take the city of Jerusalem with its strong walls, and it became the City of David.

1 Kings 11:1

King Solomon loved many women who were not from Israel. He loved the daughter of the king of Egypt, as well as women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

1 Kings 2:10

Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 6:1

Solomon began to build the Temple four hundred eighty years after the people of Israel had left Egypt. This was during the fourth year of King Solomon’s rule over Israel. It was the second month, the month of Ziv.

1 Kings 7:1

King Solomon also built a palace for himself; it took him thirteen years to finish it.

1 Kings 7:8

The palace where Solomon lived was built like the Hall of Justice, and it was behind this hall. Solomon also built the same kind of palace for his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt.

1 Kings 9:1

Solomon finished building the Temple of the Lord and his royal palace and everything he wanted to build.

1 Kings 9:10

By the end of twenty years, King Solomon had built two buildings—the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace.

1 Kings 9:24

The daughter of the king of Egypt moved from the old part of Jerusalem to the palace that Solomon had built for her. Then Solomon filled in the surrounding land.

1 Chronicles 11:7

Then David made his home in the strong, walled city, which is why it was named the City of David.

2 Chronicles 18:1

Jehoshaphat had much wealth and honor, and he made an agreement with King Ahab through marriage.

2 Chronicles 8:11

Solomon brought the daughter of the king of Egypt from the older part of Jerusalem to the palace he had built for her. Solomon said, “My wife must not live in King David’s palace, because the places where the Ark of the Agreement has been are holy.”

Ezra 5:11

This is the answer they gave to us: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the Temple that a great king of Israel built and finished many years ago.

Ezra 9:14

We should not again break your commands by allowing marriages with these wicked people. If we did, you would get angry enough to destroy us, and none of us would be left alive.

Deuteronomy 23:8

The great-grandchildren of these two peoples may come into the meeting to worship the Lord.