Did not Solomon: 1 Kings 11:1-8; Ecclesiastes 7:26
yet among: 2 Samuel 12:24-25; 1 Kings 3:13; 2 Chronicles 1:12, 2 Chronicles 9:22
who was beloved: 2 Samuel 12:24
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Nehemiah 13:26
Nehemiah 13:26
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