Discovery Box1 Kings 7:8 
Context7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. 1 He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. 2
1 Kings 9:24
Context9:24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David 3 to the palace Solomon built for her. 4
1 Kings 11:1
ContextThe Lord Punishes Solomon for Idolatry
11:1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.
1 tn Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”
2 tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”
3 sn The phrase city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
4 tn Heb “As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her, then he built the terrace.”
