1 Kings 7:8
in 1 Kings 7And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch.
KJV
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA house for Pharaoh’s daughter - This appears to have been a third house; probably the whole three made but one building, and were in the same place, but distinguished from each other; the first as Solomon’s palace, the second as a house of judgment, a court-house; the third, the harem, or apartments for the women.
This site's exposition
the house of the forest of Lebanon
on 1 Kings 7:2-8
The state complex in order: the house of the forest of Lebanon, named for its four rows of cedar pillars and serving later as an armory (10:17), the porch of pillars, the porch of judgment where the throne sat, his own dwelling, and a house for Pharaoh's daughter. The porch of judgment makes the architecture say what 3:9 asked for, a king built to judge. The narrator notes the Egyptian wife's house without comment, and the exposition does the same.
This site's exposition
for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married
Like this hall means the same materials, in John Gill's reading. Adam Clarke takes the king's palace, the Hall of Justice and the house of Pharaoh's daughter as three parts of one building. Matthew Henry wonders whether a nearer house would have spared Solomon the many wives of chapter 11.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
It is said to be like the porch, because built of cedar like it, though not in the same form; this, no doubt, was nearer adjoining to his own palace, yet perhaps if it had been as near as it ought to have been Solomon would not have multiplied wives as he did. The wonderful magnificence of all these buildings is taken notice of,
Another court - That is, between the porch and the house, called therefore the middle court, chap. 2 Kings xx, 4. Like this - Not for form or quantity, but for the materials and workmanship, the rooms being covered with cedar, and furnished with like ornaments.
And his house where he dwelt,.... Which was properly his dwellingplace, that part of the house where he usually resided: had another court within the porch, which was of the like work; a court between that and the porch, called the inner court, 2Ki 20:4. Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife; see 1Ki 3:1, like unto this porch: being built of the same sort of materials, though in a different form.
Much of the comfort of this life is connected with an agreeable house. He was thirteen years building this house, whereas he built the temple in little more than seven years; not that he was more exact, but less eager and intent, in building his own house than in building God's.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Like unto this porch - i. e., of similar materials, hewn stone and cedar. The zenana could not have been a mere portico.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבֵיתוֹ֩ | uveito | and own house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֵ֨שֶׁב | yeshev | he dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָׁ֜ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| חָצֵ֣ר | chatzer | [the] court | H2691 → | 191 times |
| הָאַחֶ֗רֶת | haacheret | <the> other | H312 → | 166 times |
| מִבֵּית֙ | mibeit | from inside | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לָֽאוּלָ֔ם | laulam | to the porch | H197 → | 34 times |
| כַּמַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה | kamaaseh | like the workmanship | H4639 → | 236 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| הָיָ֑ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| וּבַ֜יִת | uvayit | and a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה | yaaseh | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְבַת־ | levat- | for [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| פַּרְעֹה֙ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לָקַ֣ח | lakach | he had taken | H3947 → | 966 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| כָּאוּלָ֖ם | kaulam | like the porch | H197 → | 34 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וּבֵיתוֹ֩and own house his
uveitoH1004 →2046 times
אֲשֶׁר־where
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יֵ֨שֶׁבhe dwelt
yeshevH3427 →1079 times
שָׁ֜םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
חָצֵ֣ר[the] court
chatzerH2691 →191 times
הָאַחֶ֗רֶת<the> other
haacheretH312 →166 times
מִבֵּית֙from inside
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
לָֽאוּלָ֔םto the porch
laulamH197 →34 times
כַּמַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥הlike the workmanship
kamaasehH4639 →236 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
הָיָ֑הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
וּבַ֜יִתand a house
uvayitH1004 →2046 times
יַעֲשֶׂ֤הhe made
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
לְבַת־for [the] daughter of
levat-H1323 →588 times
פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לָקַ֣חhe had taken
lakachH3947 →966 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
כָּאוּלָ֖םlike the porch
kaulamH197 →34 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 8:11Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 3:1
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 3:1
Through
1 Kings 3:1Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 9:24
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- 2 Chronicles 8:11
Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king…
- 1 Kings 9:24
Through
1 Kings 9:24As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:27
and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City…
- 2 Samuel 5:9
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
- 1 Kings 9:15–16
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor,…
- 1 Kings 11:27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.