1 Kings 3:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.”

1 Kings 3:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 3:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 3:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, Yahweh’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.”

1 Kings 3:1 — World English Bible

1 Kings 3:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. ”

1 Kings 3:1 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 3:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.”

1 Kings 3:1 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 3:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ended building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. ”

1 Kings 3:1 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 3:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Salomon then made affinitie with Pharaoh King of Egypt, and tooke Pharaohs daughter, and brought her into the citie of Dauid, vntill hee had made an ende of buylding his owne house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Ierusalem round about.”

1 Kings 3:1 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 3:1 in Context — 1 Kings 3

1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.

3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

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What Does 1 Kings 3:1 Mean?

1 Kings 3:1 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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