2 Chronicles 8:11
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to 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 in which the ark
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Exodus 3:5And he said, Do not draw near here. Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou stand is holy ground.
1 Kings 3:1And 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 LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round ab
1 Kings 9:24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which [Solomon] had built for her. Then he built Millo.
2 Peter 1:18And we heard this voice, which was brought out of heaven, being with him on the holy mountain.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:2-12
Solomon's Buildings. ( b. c. 992.) 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord , and his own house, 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with… Read the whole commentary →