1 Kings 3:1-3

Contemporary English Version

The Lord Makes Solomon Wise

(2 Chronicles 1.1-13)

3 Solomon signed a treaty with the king of Egypt and married his daughter. She lived in the older part of Jerusalem^[a] until the palace, the Lord's temple, and the wall around Jerusalem were completed.

²At that time, there was no temple for worshiping the Lord, and everyone offered sacrifices at the local shrines.^[b] ³Solomon loved the Lord and followed his father David's instructions, but Solomon also offered sacrifices and burned incense at the shrines.

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Footnotes

3.1 the older … Jerusalem: Hebrew “the city of David.”
3.2 local shrines: The Hebrew text has “high places,” which were local places to worship God or foreign gods.