1 Kings 3:1 (ASV)

Passage

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh`s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh`s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

1 Kings 3:2 Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

1 Kings 3:3 And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "solomon", "affinity", "pharaoh", "king", "egypt", "took", and "daughter". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "solomon" and "affinity", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Only the people sacrificed in the high...", so "solomon" and "affinity" should be read forward into that movement. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "solomon" and "affinity" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.