1 Kings 9:16

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 And Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall around Jerusalem.
  • 1 Kgs 7:8 : 8 And his house where he lived had another court inside the porch, of similar workmanship. Solomon also made a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken as a wife, like this porch.
  • 1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo.
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 And they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and serve under tribute.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 9:17
    79%

    17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Lower Beth Horon,

  • 1 Kgs 3:1
    76%

    1 And Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall around Jerusalem.

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

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

    15 This is the reason for the levy which king Solomon raised; 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
    2 verses
    75%

    11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house 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 has come.

    12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

  • 1 Kgs 7:8
    73%

    8 And his house where he lived had another court inside the porch, of similar workmanship. Solomon also made a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken as a wife, like this porch.

  • 1 Kgs 9:24
    70%

    24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    69%

    12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went back to her own land, she and her servants.

  • Judg 15:6
    69%

    6 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.

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

    10 And 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 king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-5
    5 verses
    69%

    1 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.

    2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the children of Israel, You shall not go to them, nor shall they come to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods: Solomon clung to these in love.

    3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

    4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

    5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

  • 2 Chr 9:26
    68%

    26 He reigned over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
    68%

    8 And likewise he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
    67%

    9 She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, a great abundance of spices, and precious stones; never again were there such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
    67%

    19 And all the storage cities that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    67%

    13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

  • 2 Chr 12:9
    67%

    9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took all; he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

  • Gen 12:15
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    15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

  • 2 Chr 9:28
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    28 They imported horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

  • 2 Chr 8:2
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    2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

  • Josh 15:16
    66%

    16 And Caleb said, He who strikes Kirjathsepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as a wife.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    66%

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

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

    21 Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able to utterly destroy, upon those Solomon levied a tribute of servitude to this day.

    22 But of the children of Israel Solomon made no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

  • Song 3:11
    65%

    11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his marriage, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

  • 1 Sam 30:3
    65%

    3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
    65%

    9 But of the children of Israel Solomon did not make servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chiefs of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

  • 2 Chr 8:6
    65%

    6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

  • Judg 1:12
    65%

    12 And Caleb said, Whoever strikes Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

  • 2 Chr 1:16
    65%

    16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

  • Judg 1:8
    65%

    8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and taken it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • Song 3:9
    65%

    9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

  • 2 Sam 8:12
    65%

    12 From Syria, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

  • Gen 41:45
    65%

    45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah and gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 10:28
    65%

    28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

  • Jer 25:19
    65%

    19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

  • Ps 45:9
    64%

    9 Kings' daughters are among your noble women: at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

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    64%

    26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.