1 Kings 9:24
New International Version
After Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.

New Living Translation
Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. Then he constructed the supporting terraces.

English Standard Version
But Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her own house that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.

New American Standard Bible
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, he then built the Millo.

NASB 1995
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo.

NASB 1977
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo.

Legacy Standard Bible
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo.

Amplified Bible
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo (fortification).

Christian Standard Bible
Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the city of David to the house that Solomon had built for her; he then built the terraces.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the city of David to the house that Solomon had built for her; he then built the terraces.

American Standard 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.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon's wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from the older part of Jerusalem to her new palace. Then Solomon had the land on the east side of Jerusalem filled in.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Pharaoh's daughter moved from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.

Good News Translation
Solomon filled in the land on the east side of the city, after his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, had moved from David's City to the palace Solomon built for her.

International Standard Version
As soon as Pharaoh's daughter arrived from the City of David to live in her house that Solomon had built for her, then he fortified the terrace ramparts in the City of David.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh's daughter moved up from the city of David to the palace Solomon built for her.

New Heart English Bible
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Pharaoh's daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo.

World English Bible
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Only, the daughter of Pharaoh went up out of the City of David to her house that [Solomon] built for her; then he built Millo.

Young's Literal Translation
Only, the daughter of Pharaoh went up out of the city of David unto her house that Solomon built for her; then he built Millo.

Smith's Literal Translation
But Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her: then he built the fortress.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the daughter of Pharao came up out of the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Mello.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her. Then he built up Millo.

New American Bible
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the City of David to her house, which he had built for her, Solomon built Millo.

New Revised Standard Version
But Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her own house that Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to the house which Solomon had built for her; then he built Millo.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the city of David to the house that Solomon built for her; then he built Melu.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.Then Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharao out of the city of David into his house which he built for himself in those days,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Solomon's Numerous Achievements
23They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work. 24As 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. 25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.…

Cross References
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.

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.”

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.

1 Kings 11:1-3
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

1 Kings 2:19
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

1 Kings 9:16
Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

1 Kings 11:7-8
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. / He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

2 Samuel 5:13
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

2 Samuel 7:2
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

1 Kings 6:1
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.

1 Kings 8:1
At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

1 Kings 10:26
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 9:25
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

Matthew 6:29
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

Acts 7:47
But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.


Treasury of Scripture

But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

Pharaoh's

1 Kings 9:16
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

1 Kings 3:1
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

1 Kings 7:8
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

the city of David

2 Samuel 5:9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

Millo

1 Kings 9:15
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 11:27
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

2 Chronicles 32:5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

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1 Kings 9
1. God's covenant in a vision with Solomon
10. The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiran
15. In Solomon's works the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites servants
24. Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
25. Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
26. His navy fetches gold from Ophir














Pharaoh’s daughter
This phrase refers to the wife of King Solomon, who was an Egyptian princess. Her marriage to Solomon was likely a political alliance, a common practice in ancient times to secure peace and strengthen ties between nations. The mention of Pharaoh’s daughter highlights the international influence and diplomatic reach of Solomon’s reign. In a spiritual sense, this union can be seen as a reflection of the wisdom and discernment Solomon was known for, as he sought to maintain peace and prosperity for Israel.

had come up from the City of David
The City of David is the ancient core of Jerusalem, named after King David, Solomon’s father. This phrase indicates a transition from the old city to a new place of residence, symbolizing a shift from the past to the future. It reflects the growth and expansion of Jerusalem under Solomon’s rule. Historically, this move signifies the development and urbanization of the city, as Solomon’s reign was marked by extensive building projects.

to the palace that Solomon had built for her
This palace was a separate residence constructed specifically for Pharaoh’s daughter, demonstrating Solomon’s wealth and his commitment to honoring his wife. The construction of such a palace indicates the importance of the marriage alliance and Solomon’s desire to accommodate his foreign wife in a manner befitting her royal status. It also reflects the grandeur and architectural advancements of Solomon’s era.

he built the supporting terraces
The supporting terraces, also known as the Millo, were structures that provided stability and support to the buildings in Jerusalem. This phrase highlights Solomon’s role as a builder and organizer, ensuring that the city was not only beautiful but also structurally sound. The terraces symbolize the foundation and support necessary for a thriving kingdom, both physically and spiritually. In a broader sense, they represent the importance of a strong foundation in faith and governance, as Solomon sought to establish a lasting legacy for Israel.

(24) Pharaoh's daughter came up . . .--In 2Chronicles 8:11 a reason is assigned for this removal: "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 this passage the notice of her withdrawal is evidently connected with the building of "the Millo" described in 1Kings 9:15, which perhaps trenched on her former quarters in the city of David.

Verse 24. - But [אַך, lit. only. Keil rightly connects the word with אַז below. "So soon as.. then." Cf. Genesis 27:30. This and ver. 25 are not interposed arbitrarily, as might at first sight appear, but refer to 1 Kings 3:1-4. The completion of the palaces rendered it no longer necessary or proper that Solomon's daughter should dwell in a separate house. The chronicler tells us that she had dwelt in David's palace on Mount Zion, and that Solomon was constrained to remove her, because he looked upon all the precinct as now consecrated (2 Chronicles 8:11) ]. Pharaoh's daughter came up [עָלְתָה. Keil hence argues that the palace stood on higher ground than David's house. But this conclusion is somewhat precarious. The approach to the palace involved an ascent, but Zion was certainly as high as Ophel] out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon [Heb. he] had built for her: then did he build Millo. [Thenius infers from these words that Mille was a fort or castle for the protection of the harem. But there is no warrant for any such conjecture. In the first place, this wife would seem to have been lodged in her own palace apart from the other wives.

2. We can offer a better explanation of the word Mille (see ver. 15).

3. The word "then" may mean either

(1), that when her palace was completed, Solomon then had workmen who were liberated and were employed on Mille (Keil), or . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
As soon as
אַ֣ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

Pharaoh’s
פַּרְעֹ֗ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

had come up
עָֽלְתָה֙ (‘ā·lə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

from the City
מֵעִ֣יר (mê·‘îr)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5892: Excitement

of David
דָּוִ֔ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the palace
בֵּיתָ֖הּ (bê·ṯāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

[Solomon] had built
בָּֽנָה־ (bā·nāh-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

for her,
לָ֑הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

he
אָ֖ז (’āz)
Adverb
Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore

built
בָּנָ֥ה (bā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

the supporting terraces.
הַמִּלּֽוֹא׃ (ham·mil·lō·w)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4407: Millo -- a rampart, the citadel


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