1Ki 3:1 | KingComments | STEP | Solomon marries the daughter of Pharaoh king of Egypt. She is not his only wife ( ). Some see in her, a woman from the nations, a picture of the church. Others say that she is not a picture of the church, but an unholy woman ( ), so that already at the beginning of Solomon’s reign his weakness for women appears.

‏ 1 Kings 3:1

Solomon and the Daughter of Pharaoh

Solomon marries the daughter of Pharaoh king of Egypt. She is not his only wife (1Kgs 11:1). Some see in her, a woman from the nations, a picture of the church. Others say that she is not a picture of the church, but an unholy woman (2Chr 8:11), so that already at the beginning of Solomon’s reign his weakness for women appears.