1 Kings 9:24

SOLOMON'S YEARLY SACRIFICES. (Kg1 9:24-28)

three times in a year--namely, at the passover, pentecost, and feast of tabernacles (Ch2 8:13; Ch2 31:3). The circumstances mentioned in these two verses form a proper conclusion to the record of his buildings and show that his design in erecting those at Jerusalem was to remedy defects existing at the commencement of his reign (see Kg1 3:1-4).

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1Ki 9:24 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.

Ver. 24. But Pharaoh’s daughter came up.] See the reason of this remove. {2Ch 8:11}

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1Ki 9:24. Pharaoh’s daughter came up, &c. — In 2Ch 8:11, we learn the reason why she did not continue in the house where David had dwelt; which was because it was a kind of holy place, where it was not fit she should remain, the ark of God having dwelt there.

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9:24 The new palace Solomon built for . . . Pharaoh’s daughter was separate from Solomon’s own residence because his palace was deemed holy, “for the Ark of the Lord has been there” (2 Chr 8:11). The place where the Ark resided was considered sacred, since it embodied God’s presence and sanctified its surroundings (Exod 25:22; see also 2 Sam 6:7; 1 Chr 15:11-13).

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(24) Pharaoh’s daughter came up . . .—In 2Ch_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 1Ki_9:15, which perhaps trenched on her former quarters in the city of David.

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24. But Pharaoh’s daughter came up] On her residence in the city of David, see in 1Ki_3:1.

Millo] See above, 1Ki_9:15.

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And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber,.... Which was one of the stations of the Israelites, near the wilderness of Sin, or Paran, Num 33:35, it signifies the backbone of a man; and it is said (w) the ridge of rocks before this port were in that form, covered by the sea at high water, and sticking up with various points in a line when it was low. Josephus says (x) in his time it was called Berenice, which is placed by Mela (y) between the Heroopolitic bay, and the promontory Strobilus, or Pharan. It is thought probable (z) to be the same with that which is called by the Arabs Meenah-el-Dsahab, the port of gold, called Dizahab, Deu 1:1, which stands upon the shore of the Arabic gulf, about two or three days' distance from Mount Sinai; though by others (a) thought to be the same the Arabs call Calzem, where was a great quantity of wood fit for building ships. It is further described,

which is beside Elath, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom; and when Edom was subdued by David, this port fell into his hands, and so was in the possession of Solomon; and there being plenty of timber in the parts adjacent, and this being a port in the Red sea, Solomon chose it as proper place to build ships in. Elath, near to which was, is the same the Elanitic bay had its name from; or which See Gill on Deu 2:8. Trajan, the Roman emperor, formed a navy in the Red sea (b), that by it he might ravage and waste the borders of India; and here it seems Solomon's navy went; see Kg1 9:28.

(w) Harris's Voyages, vol. 1. B. 1. ch. 2. sect. 3. p. 377. (x) Antiqu. l. 8. c. 6. sect. 4. (y) De Situ Orbis, l. 3. c. 8. (z) Clayton's Chronology, &c. p. 407. (a) Vossius in Melam ut supra, (Harris's Voyages, vol. 1. B. 1. ch. 2. sect. 3.) p. 386. (b) Eutrop. Rom. Hist. l. 8. Ruti Fest. Breviar.

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Compare the marginal reference. Solomon was not satisfied that Pharaoh’s daughter should remain in the palace of David, which was on Mount Zion, in the immediate vicinity of the temple, because he regarded the whole vicinity of the temple as made holy by the presence of the ark of God. His own palace was on the other (western) hill, probably directly opposite to the temple, the valley of the Tyropoeum running between them.

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Mello, taking it from the public, and adorning it with the most beautiful structures, for the honour and convenience of his queen. (Tirinus)

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24. Pharaoh’s daughter… out of the city of David — Hence it is clear that Solomon’s palace was not in the city of David, or on Zion, but (as we have argued in note introductory to chap. vii) on the same mountain as the temple, but at a lower elevation. Her transfer to her new abode is spoken of, like that of the ark and the tabernacle, as a going up. See note on 1Ki_8:4.

Unto her house — A department of his own new palace. See on 1Ki_7:8.

Then did he build Millo — That is, after he had removed his Egyptian wife to her new home, he repaired this fortress. This passage merely specifies the time of the work referred to in 1Ki_9:15.

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But lit. only. Keil rightly connects the word with za below. "So soon as.. then." Cf. Gen_27:30. This and ver. 25 are not interposed arbitrarily, as might at first sight appear, but refer to 1Ki_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 (2Ch_8:11) Pharaoh"s daughter came up htl 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.

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

2. 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

(2), that when she vacated David"s house, the building of Mille could be proceeded with.

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built the Millo

Possible meanings are 1) "built the terrace system" or 2) "built the landfill." See how you translated "the Millo" in 1 Kings 9:15.

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Pharaoh

city of David

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Only then did the daughter of Pharaoh. Who was originally in the city of Dovid, as it is stated in the beginning of the book, “and he brought her to the City of Dovid.”

Came up from the city of Dovid, etc. In Divrei Hayomim it explains, “for he said, ‘I should not have a wife live with me in [the City of] Dovid because they are holy [places], for the Ark of Adonoy was brought there.’” of Dovid.”

Then he built up. [I.e.,] Shlomo.

The Millo. To build within it houses for her menservants and maidservants. Concerning this Yerovom admonished him [saying], “Your father left it open for the festival pilgrims, and you closed it up to make a labor force for Pharaoh’s daughter.” And this “but” mentioned here [means,] but in this Shlomo sinned, that he had built for her the Millo. So have I heard, but I say, “But then did the daughter of Pharaoh, etc.,” I.e., the above mentioned cities were necessary to build for store cities, chariots, riders, and greatness; but, the Millo he did not build for any greatness, for his father had left it for the festival pilgrims to pitch their tents there, but since Pharaoh’s daughter had gone up to her house, and the Millo was adjacent to that house, then he built up the Millo.

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