1 Kings 7:8

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
house	וּבֵיתוֹ֩ u.vei.To	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
dwelt	יֵ֨שֶׁב Ye.shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
another	הָאַחֶ֗רֶת ha.'a.Che.ret	H312	properly · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
court	חָצֵ֣ר cha.Tzer	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
within	מִבֵּית֙ mi.Beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
porch	לָֽאוּלָ֔ם la.'u.Lam	H197	a vestibule (as bound to the building) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
work	כַּמַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה ka.ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
made	יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה ya.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
house	וּבַ֜יִת u.Va.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Pharaoh’s	פַּרְעֹה֙ par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
daughter	לְבַת le.vat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
taken	לָקַ֣ח la.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
porch	כָּאוּלָ֖ם ka.'u.Lam	H197	a vestibule (as bound to the building) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall…
1 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…
1 Kings 9:24 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.
2 Kings 20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:1-12

Never had any man so much of the spirit of building as Solomon had, nor to better purpose; he began with the temple, built for God first, and then all his other buildings were comfortable. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are those which are laid in an early piety, Mat 6:33. 1. He built a house for himself (Kg1 7:1), where he dwelt, Kg1 7:8. His father had built a good house; but it was no reflection upon his father for him to build a better, in proportion to the estate wherewith God had blessed him. 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 tha…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:2

OF THE HOUSE OF LEBANON. (Kg1 7:2-7) He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon--It is scarcely possible to determine whether this was a different edifice from the former, or whether his house, the house of the forest of Lebanon, and the one for Pharaoh's daughter, were not parts of one grand palace. As difficult is it to decide what was the origin of the name; some supposing it was so called because built on Lebanon; others, that it was in or near Jerusalem, but contained such a profuse supply of cedar columns as to have occasioned this peculiar designation. We have a similar peculiarity of name in the building called the East India house, though situated in London. The description i…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:8

A 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.

John Gill on 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.

Dictionary and topics

Court — The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh. 3:25), of a private house (2 Sam. 17:18), and of a king’s palace (2 Kings 20:4).
Esarhaddon — Assur has given a brother, successor of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38). He ascended the throne about B.C. 681. Nothing further is recorded of him in Scripture, except that he settled certain…
Palace — Used now only of royal dwellings, although originally meaning simply (as the Latin word palatium, from which it is derived, shows) a building surrounded by a fence or a paling. In the Authorized…
Pharaoh — The official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See EGYPT.) The name is a compound, as some think, of the words Ra, the “sun” or…
Pharaohs Daughter — Three Egyptian princesses, daughters of Pharaohs, are mentioned in the Bible:—
Solomon — Peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father…
Palace · Of — Of
Solomon · Builds his palace — Builds his palace

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 7:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:2

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:8

John Gill on 1 Kings 7:8

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 7:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:2

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:8

John Gill on 1 Kings 7:8

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 7:1-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 7:6-8

Rashi on 1 Kings 7:8