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1 Kings 9:24
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Solomon’s administrative and building actions following the completion of the temple and his royal palace.
The words — אַ֣ךְ ('akh) functions as a temporal or emphatic "now/then," while עָֽלְתָה֙ ('al.Tah) literally means "she went up," describing Pharaoh’s daughter’s movement from the City of David to Solomon’s new residence.
The thread — The text states Pharaoh’s daughter relocated and Solomon subsequently built supporting terraces, a sequence echoed in 1 Kings 7:8, 2 Samuel 5:9, and 1 Kings 11:27. These passages trace the geographical and political shifts as royal residences expand beyond David’s original fortress.
Why it lands — The text records a factual transition of residence and subsequent construction, demanding the reader track the relocation of royal authority from the City of David to Solomon’s new palace complex.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 7:8 And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
- 2 Samuel 5:9 So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
- 1 Kings 11:27 and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
- 1 Kings 3:1 Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 9:15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 2 Chronicles 8:11 Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”