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1 Kings 3:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Kings 3:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom
3 [a]Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt; he took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 2 The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.
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- 3.1 Chapters 3–11 give the history of Solomon. The Pharaoh of 3.1 and 9.16 was of the twenty-first dynasty, possibly Psusennes II.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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