1 Kings 7:8
6 Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
7 In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
And 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.
9 All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
10 The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the same construction. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
- 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.
- DARBY
- And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. And he made, like to this porch, a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken.
- BLB
- And the house where he dwelt there [had] another court inside the porch. It was of like workmanship as this and he made a house for the daughter of Pharaoh—whom Solomon had taken—like this porch.
- ÅB
- Hans eget hus, det som han bodde i, og som lå i den andre gård innenfor forhallen, var bygget på samme vis. Også for Faraos datter, som han hadde tatt til ekte, bygget Salomo et hus som var likt denne forhall.
- OTB
- Hans hus hvor han skulle bo, i den andre gårdsplassen innenfor hallen, var av samme utførelse. Han laget også et hus som denne hallen for faraos datter, som Salomo hadde tatt til kone.
- B1930
- Hans eget hus, det som han bodde i, og som lå i den andre gård innenfor forhallen, var bygget på samme vis. Også for Faraos datter, som han hadde tatt til ekte, bygget Salomo et hus som var likt denne forhall.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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 of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
Read in context1 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 LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
Read in context1 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.
Read in context2 Kings 20:4
Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
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