2 Chronicles 8:11
Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife cannot live in the palace of David king of Israel, because wherever the Ark of the Lord has gone are holy places.”
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10They were also King Solomon's chief officers, 250 men who supervised the people.
Cross References
Exodus 3:5“Don't come any closer!” God told him. “Take off your sandals because you're standing on holy ground.”
1 Kings 3:1Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh of Egypt. He married Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to live in the City of David until he finished building his palace, the Lord's Temple, and the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
1 Kings 9:24Once Pharaoh's daughter had moved from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the city terraces.
2 Peter 1:18We ourselves heard this voice speak from heaven 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 →