Solomon’s Other Activities

24 Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the city of David(A) to the house that Solomon had built for her;(B) he then built the terraces.(C)

25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them in the Lord’s presence.(D) So he completed the temple.(E)

26 King Solomon put together a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber,(F) which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

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24 After Pharaoh’s daughter(A) had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.(B)

25 Three(C) times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.

26 King Solomon also built ships(D) at Ezion Geber,(E) which is near Elath(F) in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:26 Or the Sea of Reeds