2 Chronicles 8:11

Then Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her; for he said, I will not have my wife living in the house of David, king of Israel, because those places where the ark of the Lord has come are holy.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Now these were the chief men in authority whom King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty of them, in authority over the people.

12Then Solomon made burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had put up in front of the covered way,

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

1 Kings 3:1Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.

1 Kings 9:24At that time Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her: then he made the Millo.

2 Peter 1:18And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were 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 →

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