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Text -- 1 Kings 3:1-6 (NET)
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The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom
3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh , king of Egypt ; he married Pharaoh’s daughter . He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem .
3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places , because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord .
3:3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following the practices of his father David , except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places .
3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices , for it had the most prominent of the high places . Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream . God said , “Tell me what I should give you.”
3:6 Solomon replied , “You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant , my father David , as he served you faithfully , properly , and sincerely . You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Solomon |
Prayer |
Temple, Solomon's |
Micah, Book of |
Gibeon |
Dream |
Children |
HIGH PLACE |
CRITICISM |
Pharaoh |
DIVINATION |
AFFINITY |
INTERCESSION |
Communion |
High Places |
Jerusalem |
BENJAMIN, THE TRIBE OF |
TABERNACLE, B |
PHARAOHS DAUGHTER |
God |
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NET Notes: 1Ki 3:1 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 1Ki 3:2 Heb “for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 3:4 The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 ...
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