1 Kings 9:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites that dwelled in the city, and given it as a present to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} had gone up,{H5927} and taken{H3920} Gezer,{H1507} and burnt{H8313} it with fire,{H784} and slain{H2026} the Canaanites{H3669} that dwelt{H3427} in the city,{H5892} and given{H5414} it for a portion{H7964} unto his daughter,{H1323} Solomon's{H8010} wife.{H802}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} had gone up{H5927}{(H8804)}, and taken{H3920}{(H8799)} Gezer{H1507}, and burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} it with fire{H784}, and slain{H2026}{(H8804)} the Canaanites{H3669} that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in the city{H5892}, and given{H5414}{(H8799)} it for a present{H7964} unto his daughter{H1323}, Solomon's{H8010} wife{H802}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For Pharao ye kynge of Egipte came vp, and wane Gaser, & brent it with fyre, & slewe the Cananites yt dwelt in the cite, & gaue it for a gifte vnto his doughter Salomos wife.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Pharaoh King of Egypt had come vp, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slew the Canaanites, that dwelt in the citie, and gaue it for a present vnto his daughter Salomons wife.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For Pharao king of Egypt went vp, and toke Gazer and burnt it with fire, and slue the Chanaanites that dwelt in the citie, and gaue it for a present vnto his daughter, Solomons wyfe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    (Pharaoh king of Egypt hath gone up and doth capture Gezer, and doth burn it with fire, and the Canaanite who is dwelling in the city he hath slain, and giveth it `with' presents to his daughter, wife of Solomon.)

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 portion unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 portion unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Pharaoh, king of Egypt, came and took Gezer, burning it down and putting to death the Canaanites living in the town, and he gave it for a bride-offering to his daughter, Solomon's wife. ...

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 3:1 : 1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, the house of the LORD, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.
  • 1 Kgs 7:8 : 8 His own palace where he would reside, in another court behind the Hall, was built similarly. Solomon also built a palace for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married, following the same design as the Hall.
  • 1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 As soon as Pharaoh's daughter went up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he built the Millo.
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 9:17
    79%

    17 Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

  • 1 Kgs 3:1
    76%

    1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, the house of the LORD, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.

    15 This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 2 Chr 8:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, 'My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, because the places have become holy where the ark of the Lord has entered.'

    12 At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had constructed in front of the portico.

  • 1 Kgs 7:8
    73%

    8 His own palace where he would reside, in another court behind the Hall, was built similarly. Solomon also built a palace for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married, following the same design as the Hall.

  • 1 Kgs 9:24
    70%

    24 As soon as Pharaoh's daughter went up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he built the Millo.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    69%

    12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

  • Judg 15:6
    69%

    6 When the Philistines asked, "Who did this?" they were told, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because his father-in-law gave his wife to Samson's companion." So the Philistines went and burned her and her father to death.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,

    11 King Hiram of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar, juniper wood, and gold, according to all his desire. King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-5
    5 verses
    69%

    1 King Solomon loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women.

    2 These were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, 'You must not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, for they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.' Nevertheless, Solomon clung to them in love.

    3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

    4 As Solomon grew older, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his father had been.

    5 Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

  • 2 Chr 9:26
    68%

    26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
    68%

    8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
    67%

    9 Then she gave the king a hundred twenty talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
    67%

    19 along with all the storage cities Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and for his cavalry, and whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    67%

    13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own land with her attendants.

  • 2 Chr 12:9
    67%

    9 Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made.

  • Gen 12:15
    67%

    15 Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's palace.

  • 2 Chr 9:28
    66%

    28 Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all other lands.

  • 2 Chr 8:2
    66%

    2 he rebuilt the cities that Huram had given to him and settled the people of Israel in them.

  • Josh 15:16
    66%

    16 Caleb said, 'Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as his wife.'

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    66%

    3 When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 9:21-22
    2 verses
    65%

    21 their descendants who remained in the land, because the Israelites were not able to destroy them completely—Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, as they are to this day.

    22 But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites; they were his soldiers, servants, officials, commanders, captains, and commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

  • Song 3:11
    65%

    11 Come out, daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown his mother placed on him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.

  • 1 Sam 30:3
    65%

    3 When David and his men came to the city, they saw that it had been burned, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
    65%

    9 But Solomon did not make any of the Israelites slaves for his work; instead, they served as soldiers, commanders of his officers, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

  • 2 Chr 8:6
    65%

    6 Additionally, he built Baalath and all the storage cities Solomon owned, as well as all the cities for his chariots and horses, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.

  • Judg 1:12
    65%

    12 Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher."

  • 2 Chr 1:16
    65%

    16 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue—the king’s traders bought them from Kue at the market price.

  • Judg 1:8
    65%

    8 The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • Song 3:9
    65%

    9 King Solomon made himself a carriage from the woods of Lebanon.

  • 2 Sam 8:12
    65%

    12 from Aram, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

  • Gen 41:45
    65%

    45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. Joseph traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 10:28
    65%

    28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue—the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue at the standard price.

  • Jer 25:19
    65%

    19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people.

  • Ps 45:9
    64%

    9 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia; from ivory palaces, stringed instruments bring you joy.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    64%

    26 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.