1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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I Kings 3:1

And* the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao, the king of Egypt: for he took his 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 Paralipomenon 8:11.

Year of the World 2991, Year before Christ 1013.; 2 Paralipomenon i. Solomon. By the death of his enemies, and by his affinity with the king of Egypt, and his friendship with Hiram, king Tyre, who were the most potent princes in the neighbourhood. Eupolemus (ap. Eusebius, praep.) has a letter of Solomon to Pharao Vaphres, in which the latter is said to have been the friend of David; (Salien) and St. Clement of Alexandria (Strom. i.) produces the testimony of Polyhistor, saying, that Vaphres sent 80,000 Egyptian workmen to assist Solomon to build the temple. --- Daughter. Who, probably, embraced the true religion; so that her praises are supposed to be recorded in the 44th Psalm, and in the canticles; though it seems she afterwards relapsed, and became the chief instrument in the perversion of the king, 3 Kings 11:1. --- David. She dwelt in the apartments of Bethsabee, (Canticle of Canticles 3:4., and 8:2,) till a magnificent palace could be built for her reception, 3 Kings 7:8. To marry idolatrous women was strictly forbidden, Deuteronomy 7:3., 1 Esdras 10:2., and 2 Esdras 13:26.