1 Kings 9:24
in 1 Kings 9As 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
KJV
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
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This verse in 1 Kings 9
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare the marginal reference. Solomon was not satisfied that Pharaoh’s daughter should remain in the palace of David, which was on Mount Zion, in the immediate vicinity of the temple, because he regarded the whole vicinity of the temple as made holy by the presence of the ark of God. His own palace was on the other (western) hill, probably directly opposite to the temple, the valley of the Tyropoeum running between them.
This site's exposition
came up out of the city of David
Pharaoh's daughter moves from the city of David to the house Solomon built for her, and the narrator ties the move to Millo's building in the same sentence. Barnes reads the move as Solomon keeping his Egyptian wife's residence apart from ground made holy by the ark's former presence on Zion. The verse offers no censure, though the chapter that lists Solomon's foreign wives waits at 11:1, and this is the first of them named by residence rather than by number.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
this is the reason of the levy--A levy refers both to men and money, and the necessity for Solomon making it arose from the many gigantic works he undertook to erect.
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The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַ֣ךְ | ʾakh | only | H389 → | 161 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֗ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| עָֽלְתָה֙ | ʾaltah | she went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מֵעִ֣יר | meir | from [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּיתָ֖הּ | beitah | own house her | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּֽנָה־ | banah- | he had built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| לָ֑הּ | lah | for her | ||
| אָ֖ז | ʾaz | then | H227 → | 141 times |
| בָּנָ֥ה | banah | he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּלּֽוֹא׃ | hamilo' | the Millo | H4407 → | 6 times |
אַ֣ךְonly
ʾakhH389 →161 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
פַּרְעֹ֗הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
עָֽלְתָה֙she went up
ʾaltahH5927 →890 times
מֵעִ֣ירfrom [the] city of
meirH5892 →1090 times
דָּוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּיתָ֖הּown house her
beitahH1004 →2046 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּֽנָה־he had built
banah-H1129 →376 times
לָ֑הּfor her
lah
אָ֖זthen
ʾazH227 →141 times
בָּנָ֥הhe built
banahH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּלּֽוֹא׃the Millo
hamilo'H4407 →6 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
1 Kings 7:8And 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.
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- 2 Chronicles 8:11
Through
2 Samuel 5:9So 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.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 9:15
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,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 9:15
Through
2 Chronicles 32:5Then 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…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:23
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from…
- Isaiah 22:9–10
You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23
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 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.
- 1 Kings 11:1
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
