1 Kings 9:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פַּרְעֹ֨ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֜יִם עָלָ֗ה וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת־גֶּ֙זֶר֙ וַיִּשְׂרְפָ֣הּ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְאֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב בָּעִ֖יר הָרָ֑ג וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֙ שִׁלֻּחִ֔ים לְבִתּ֖וֹ אֵ֥שֶׁת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

Transliteration

parʿōh king-of-miṣrayim ʿālāh and wayyilkōd ʾet-gezer and wayyiśrəpāh with-the-ʾēš, and ʾet-the-kənaʿănî the-yōšēb in-the-ʿîr he hārāg; and wayyittənāh šilluḥîm to-his-bittô wife of-šəlōmōh.

Grammar Details

*parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*ʿālāh*: qal perfect 3ms - he went up
*wayyilkōd*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he captured
*gezer*: proper noun - Gezer
*wayyiśrəpāh*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms + 3fs suffix - and he burned it
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular with article - the fire
*kənaʿănî*: gentilic adjective with article - the Canaanite
*yōšēb*: qal participle, masculine singular with article - the one dwelling
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with article - the city
*hārāg*: qal perfect 3ms - he killed
*wayyittənāh*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms + 3fs suffix - and he gave it
*šilluḥîm*: noun, masculine plural - dowry/wedding gift
*bittô*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3ms suffix - his daughter
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon

Word Meanings

*ʿālāh*: went up/attacked/invaded
*wayyilkōd*: and he captured/seized/took
*wayyiśrəpāh*: and he burned it/set it on fire
*hārāg*: killed/slew/put to death
*šilluḥîm*: dowry/wedding gift/parting gift

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 3:1 : 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 the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
1 Kgs 7:8 : 8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
Josh 16:10 : 10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

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%
17And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
1 Kgs 3:1
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1And 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 the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
1 Kgs 9:14-15
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76%
14And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
2 Chr 8:11-12
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11And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
1 Kgs 7:8
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8And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
1 Kgs 9:24
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24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
2 Chr 9:12
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12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
Judg 15:6
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6Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
1 Kgs 9:10-11
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10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
11( Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
1 Kgs 11:1-5
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1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
2Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
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2 Chr 9:26
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1 Kgs 11:8
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8And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
2 Chr 9:9
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1 Kgs 9:19
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1 Kgs 10:13
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2 Chr 12:9
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2 Chr 9:28
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2 Chr 8:2
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16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
2 Chr 9:3
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1 Kgs 9:21-22
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21Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
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Song 3:11
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1 Sam 30:3
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2 Chr 8:9
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2 Chr 8:6
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12And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
2 Chr 1:16
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Judg 1:8
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9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
2 Sam 8:12
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Gen 41:45
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1 Kgs 10:28
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Jer 25:19
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Ps 45:9
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