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.
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Gill's Exposition
All these were of costly stones,.... Marble, porphyry, &c.
according to the measure of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without; they were all hewed, and squared, and polished, and so they…
Barnes' Notes
Like unto this porch - i. e., of similar materials, hewn stone and cedar. The zenana could not have been a mere portico.
Adam Clarke
A house for Pharaoh's daughter - This appears to have been a third house; probably the whole three made but one building, and were in the same place, but distinguished from each other; the first as…
Never had any man so much of the spirit of building as Solomon had, nor to better purpose; he began with the temple, built for God first, and then all his other buildings were comfortable. The surest…
Cambridge Bible
And his house where he dwelthad another court within the porch, which was of the like work It is better to leave out the italics of A V. and translate -And his house where he might dwell, the other…
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