1. And so the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon, and he was joined with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by affinity. For he took his daughter, and he led her into the city of David, until he completed building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
2. But still the people immolated in the high places. For no temple had been built to the name of the Lord, even to that day.
3. Now Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father, except that he immolated in the high places, and he burned incense.