2 Chronicles 8:11

King James 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 the LORD 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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King James 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 the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
1 Kgs 7:8 : 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.
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 holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
2 Pet 1:18 : 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, 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 tabernacle 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 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.
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 the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
1 Kgs 11:1-5
5 verses
76%
1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
2Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto 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 the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1 Kgs 9:16
75%
16For 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 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 the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
21And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kgs 11:8
73%
8And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
2 Chr 8:12
72%
12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, 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 chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD 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 an house for the LORD God of Israel.
7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
8But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an 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 the LORD, and his own house,
2 Kgs 21:7
71%
7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all 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 chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 Chr 1:13
70%
13Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
1 Kgs 8:13
70%
13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
2 Chr 1:4
70%
4But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which 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 Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
2 Chr 2:1
70%
1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 Chr 6:2
70%
2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Song 3:11
70%
11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother 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, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish 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 an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Sam 6:10
69%
10So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom 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 an house.
1 Kgs 6:11-12
2 verses
69%
11And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
12Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
1 Kgs 4:11
69%
11The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
1 Kgs 9:10
69%
10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
2 Sam 11:27
69%
27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
1 Chr 22:10
69%
10He shall build an 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 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 in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
2 Sam 12:24
68%
24And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
2 Chr 9:12
68%
12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
1 Chr 15:3
68%
3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
1 Chr 28:11
68%
11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
2 Chr 11:18
68%
18And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
1 Kgs 5:5
68%
5And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.