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1 Kings 9:16

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Kings 9:16

Verse 16 of 28

Scripture focus

[For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

1 Kings 9:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 9:16

Theological / Devotional

For a present. Gezer was taken by Pharaoh and given as a dowry on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter to Solomon. There are a number of records of grants of important territorial rights as dowries on the occasion of royal weddings in the ancient East.

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