Verse 16
1 Kings 9:16
New Living Translation
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(Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and burning it down. He gave the city to his daughter as a wedding gift when she married Solomon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
פַּרְעֹ֨ה מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרַ֜יִם עָלָ֗ה וַ/יִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת גֶּ֨זֶר֙ וַ/יִּשְׂרְפָ֣/הּ בָּ/אֵ֔שׁ וְ/אֶת הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִ֛י הַ/יֹּשֵׁ֥ב בָּ/עִ֖יר הָרָ֑ג וַֽ/יִּתְּנָ/הּ֙ שִׁלֻּחִ֔ים לְ/בִתּ֖/וֹ אֵ֥שֶׁת שְׁלֹמֹֽה
English Translation
Pharaoh, king of Egypt, went up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire and the Canaanite who dwelt in the city he struck down and gave it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
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Chapter 9 Context
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So Solomon finished building the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed every...
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Then the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon.
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The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to b...
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“As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying a...
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then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to you...
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“But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the commands and decrees I have given you, an...
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then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I ha...
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And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled and will gasp in horror....
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“And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the LORD their God (Elohim), who brought thei...
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he gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre. (Hiram had previously provided al...
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But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, he was not at all pleased with...
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“What kind of towns are these, my brother?” he asked. So Hiram called that area Cabul (which means “...
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Nevertheless, Hiram paid Solomon 9,000 pounds of gold.
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(Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and b...
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So Solomon rebuilt the city of Gezer.) He also built up the towns of Lower Beth-horon,
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He built towns as supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses could be statio...
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These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not completely destroyed. So Sol...
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But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for forced labor. Instead, he assigned them to s...
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Solomon appointed 550 of them to supervise the people working on his various projects.
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Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built fo...
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Three times each year Solomon presented burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had buil...
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