The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:8 Explained

1 Kings 7:8

KJV: 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.

YLT: As to his house where he dwelleth, the other court is within the porch -- as this work it hath been; and a house he maketh for the daughter of Pharaoh -- whom Solomon hath taken -- like this porch.

Darby: And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. And he made, like to this porch, a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does 1 Kings 7:8 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 7:1-12 - Other Splendid Structures
Solomon's house took nearly twice as long to build as did the Temple, because there was not the same urgency for it. His house and that for the queen were probably built around large open courts, and stood, after the manner of the East, on either side of the central hall where public business was transacted.
The royal hall in Jerusalem was called the "House of the Forest of Lebanon," because its many pillars resembled a forest of cedar wood. In front of this building was a colonnade, and in front of this again, the King's Gate.
It is more than likely that the area of Mount Zion was greatly enlarged by walls built up from the valley and filled in with earth. This furnished room for the many splendid buildings named in this paragraph. Traces of these cyclopean walls can still be seen. In order to estimate the real value of all this splendor we have only to turn to the earliest chapters of Ecclesiastes, where we read how little it satisfied the hunger of Solomon's soul. He turned away from it all, as unsatisfied as the prodigal from the husks of the swine. We were made for God and only God can suffice.
1 Kings 7:1-51 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 7

1  The building of Solomon's house
2  Of the house of Lebanon
6  Of the porch of pillars
7  Of the porch of judgment
8  Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter
13  Hiram's work of the two pillars,
23  Of the molten sea
27  Of the ten bases
38  Of the ten lavers
40  and all the vessels

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 7:8 mean?

And the house [had] where he dwelt there court another inside inside the hall of like workmanship This was and a house made for daughter of Pharaoh whom he had taken [as wife] Solomon like hall this
וּבֵיתוֹ֩ אֲשֶׁר־ יֵ֨שֶׁב שָׁ֜ם חָצֵ֣ר הָאַחֶ֗רֶת מִבֵּית֙ לָֽאוּלָ֔ם כַּמַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה הָיָ֑ה וּבַ֜יִת יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְבַת־ פַּרְעֹה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָקַ֣ח שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה כָּאוּלָ֖ם הַזֶּֽה

וּבֵיתוֹ֩  And  the  house  [had] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲשֶׁר־  where 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יֵ֨שֶׁב  he  dwelt 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
חָצֵ֣ר  court 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
הָאַחֶ֗רֶת  another 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: אַחֵר  
Sense: another, other, following.
מִבֵּית֙  inside 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
לָֽאוּלָ֔ם  inside  the  hall 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: porch.
כַּמַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה  of  like  workmanship 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.
הַזֶּ֖ה  This 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
וּבַ֜יִת  and  a  house 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְבַת־  for  daughter 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
פַּרְעֹה֙  of  Pharaoh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּרְעֹה  
Sense: the common title of the king of Egypt.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  whom 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לָקַ֣ח  he  had  taken  [as  wife] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה  Solomon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
כָּאוּלָ֖ם  like  hall 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: porch.
הַזֶּֽה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.

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