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
Context11:1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.
1 Kings 11:22
Context11:22 Pharaoh said to him, “What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?” 5 Hadad replied, 6 “Nothing, but please give me permission to leave.” 7
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.”
5 tn Heb “Indeed what do you lack with me, that now you are seeking to go to your land?”
6 tn Heb “and he said.”
7 sn So Hadad asked Pharaoh… This lengthy description of Hadad’s exile in Egypt explains why Hadad wanted to oppose Solomon and supports the author’s thesis that his hostility to Solomon found its ultimate source in divine providence. Though Hadad enjoyed a comfortable life in Egypt, when the
