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1 Kings 3:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Kings 3:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom
3 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.(A) 2 The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.(B)
3 Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and offered incense at the high places.(C)
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