1 Kings 7:8

8 Solomon's own palace where he would live, in the other courtyard behind the hall, was of similar construction. And he made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, his wife.^[a][b]

1 Kings 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:8

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, ( 2 Kings 20:4 ) .

Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to
wife;
see ( 1 Kings 3:1 ) ,

like unto this porch:
being built of the same sort of materials, though in a different form.

1 Kings 7:8 In-Context

6 He made the hall of pillars 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. A portico was in front of the pillars, and a canopy with pillars was in front of them.

7 He made the Hall of the Throne where he would judge-the Hall of Judgment. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.

8 Solomon's own palace where he would live, in the other courtyard behind the hall, was of similar construction. And he made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, his wife.

9 All of these [buildings] were of costly stones, cut to size and sawed with saws on the inner and outer surfaces, from foundation to coping and from the outside to the great courtyard.

10 The foundation was made of large, costly stones 12 and 15 feet long.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit daughter he had taken
• [b]. 1 Kg 3:1