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.

¹⁴ Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon^(A) spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate^(B) and encircling the hill of Ophel;^(C) he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

¹⁹ They set fire^(A) to God’s temple^(B) and broke down the wall^(C) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed^(D) everything of value there.^(E)

² And on the ninth day of the fourth^(A) month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall^(B) was broken through.^(C)