CHAPTER EXPLORER
1 Kings 3
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28 verses in KJV · 279 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 1 Kings 3 (KJV)
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.
3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Jeremiah
Approximate study chronology: c. 1014 BC
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H3808lonot · 17 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 16 occurrencesH4428me.lekhking · 13 occurrencesH4191mutto die · 11 occurrencesH7592sha.alto ask · 8 occurrencesH2416chayalive · 8 occurrencesH802ish.shahwoman · 7 occurrencesH8010she.lo.mohSolomon · 7 occurrencesH6440pa.nehface: before · 7 occurrencesH2063zotthis · 7 occurrencesH1004betplace · 7 occurrencesH3205ya.ladto beget · 6 occurrencesH3117yomday · 6 occurrencesH2088zehthis · 6 occurrences
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