2 Chronicles 8:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־בַּת־פַּרְעֹ֗ה הֶעֱלָ֤ה שְׁלֹמֹה֙ מֵעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד לַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּֽנָה־לָ֑הּ כִּ֣י אָמַ֗ר לֹא־תֵשֵׁ֨ב אִשָּׁ֥ה לִי֙ בְּבֵית֙ דָּוִ֣יד מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הֵ֔מָּה אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽאָ֥‪[t]‬ה אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֲר֥וֹן יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾet-bat-parʿōh heʿĕlāh šəlōmōh mē-ʿîr dāwîd la-bayit that bānāh-lāh kî ʾāmar not-tēšēb ʾiššāh lî bə-bêt dāwîd melek-yiśrāʾēl kî-qōdeš hēmmāh that-bāʾāh to-them ʾărôn YHWH

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
*bat-parʿōh*: noun fs construct + proper noun - daughter of Pharaoh
*heʿĕlāh*: hiphil perfect 3ms - brought up/transferred
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun ms - Solomon
*mē-ʿîr*: preposition + noun fs construct - from city of
*dāwîd*: proper noun ms - David
*la-bayit*: preposition + definite article + noun ms - to the house
*bānāh-lāh*: qal perfect 3ms + preposition + 3fs suffix - built for her
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3ms - said
*tēšēb*: qal imperfect 3fs - will dwell
*ʾiššāh*: noun fs - woman/wife
*lî*: preposition + 1cs suffix - for me
*bə-bêt*: preposition + noun ms construct - in house of
*melek*: noun ms construct - king of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*qōdeš*: noun ms - holy/sacred
*hēmmāh*: independent personal pronoun 3mp - they
*bāʾāh*: qal perfect 3fs - came/entered
*ʾărôn*: noun ms construct - ark of
*YHWH*: divine name

Word Meanings

*bat-parʿōh*: daughter of Pharaoh/Pharaoh's daughter
*heʿĕlāh*: brought up/transferred/moved
*tēšēb*: dwell/reside/live
*qōdeš*: holy/sacred/set apart
*ʾărôn*: ark/chest

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 3:1 : 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 Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
1 Kgs 7:8 : 8 And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch.
1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 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.
Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
2 Pet 1:18 : 18 and this voice we [ourselves] heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Exod 29:43 : 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and [the Tent] shall be sanctified by my glory.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 7:8
83%
8And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch.
1 Kgs 3:1-2
2 verses
83%
1And 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 Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
1 Kgs 11:1-5
5 verses
76%
1Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
2of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1 Kgs 9:16
75%
16Pharaoh 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 portion unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
1 Kgs 9:24
75%
24But 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.
1 Kgs 8:20-21
2 verses
73%
20And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
21And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kgs 11:8
73%
8And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
2 Chr 8:12
72%
12Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
1 Kgs 8:1
72%
1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
1 Chr 22:6-8
3 verses
71%
6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.
7And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.
8But the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
2 Chr 8:1
71%
1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
2 Kgs 21:7
71%
7And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
2 Chr 5:2
71%
2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 Chr 1:13
70%
13So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
1 Kgs 8:13
70%
13I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
2 Chr 1:4
70%
4But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to [the place] that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 10:4
70%
4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
2 Chr 2:1
70%
1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
2 Chr 6:2
70%
2But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
Song 3:11
70%
11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Neh 13:26
70%
26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
1 Kgs 8:16-17
2 verses
69%
16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
2 Sam 6:10
69%
10So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
2 Chr 9:3
69%
3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
Acts 7:47
69%
47But Solomon built him a house.
1 Kgs 6:11-12
2 verses
69%
11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
12Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.
1 Kgs 4:11
69%
11Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife);
1 Kgs 9:10
69%
10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
2 Sam 11:27
69%
27And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.
1 Chr 22:10
69%
10he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
1 Chr 15:1
69%
1And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
2 Sam 5:13
69%
13And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
2 Chr 6:11
68%
11And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.
2 Sam 12:24
68%
24And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;
2 Chr 9:12
68%
12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
1 Chr 15:3
68%
3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
1 Chr 28:11
68%
11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the [ place] [of the mercy-seat;]
2 Chr 11:18
68%
18And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
1 Kgs 5:5
68%
5And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name.