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  • 11 Kings 3 — 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh s 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. 2… …

    The King James version of the Bible

  • 2HEART — (Heb. לֵב, lev, pl. לִבּוֹת, libbot; לֵבָב, levav, pl. לְבָבוֹת, levavot). The corresponding Hebrew words only sometimes have the meanings in question but many translators and writers on Bible are, or act as if they were, largely unaware of the… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism