1Ki 3:1 | NET2full | STEP | 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 .

‏ 1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

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 ^{▼▼sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.} until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.