Solomon Asks for Wisdom^(A)

3 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married^(B) his daughter.^(C) He brought her to the City of David^(D) until he finished building his palace^(E) and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.

¹⁵ Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted^(A) to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,^[a](B) the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor,^(C) Megiddo and Gezer.^(D)