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.
1 Kings 7:8 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | As to his house where he dwelleth, the other court is within the porch--as this work it hath been; and a house he maketh for the daughter of Pharaoh--whom Solomon hath taken--like 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. |
| BBE | And the house for his living-place, the other open square in the covered room, was made in the same way. And then he made a house like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken as his wife. |
| Webster | And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married, like to this porch. |
What does 1 Kings 7:8 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 7:1-12
All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use. Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his other buildings. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are laid in early piety. He was thirteen years building his house, yet he built the temple in little more than seven years; not that he was more exact, but less eager in building his own house, than in building God's. We…
1 Kings 7:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 7:8
- 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 not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come.
- 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 an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
- 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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- 1 Kings 7:7
Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 7:9
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
1 Kings 7:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y en la casa en que él moraba, había otro atrio dentro del pórtico, de obra semejante á esta. Edificó también Salomón una casa para la hija de Faraón, que había tomado por mujer, de la misma obra de aquel pórtico. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et sa maison, où il habitait, avait une autre cour au-dedans du portique; elle était en ouvrage du même genre. Et il fit, sur le même plan que ce portique, une maison pour la fille du Pharaon, que Salomon avait prise pour femme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sein Haus, in welchem er wohnte, im anderen Hofe innerhalb der Halle, war gleich diesem Werke. Und Salomo baute auch der Tochter des Pharao, die er zum Weibe genommen hatte, ein Haus gleich dieser Halle. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et domuncula, in qua sedebatur ad judicandum, erat in media porticu simili opere. Domum quoque fecit filiæ Pharaonis (quam uxorem duxerat Salomon) tali opere, quali et hanc porticum. |