1 Kings 7:8

And his house where he dwelt [ i.e; his private residence. Not to be identified with the" house" of 1 Kings 7:1 . The term is here expressly restricted to his dwelling house. There it as clearly includes all the several palaces] had [or was. The "court" is apparently in apposition to "his house." The words in italics, here as elsewhere, merely darken the sense] another [Heb. the hinder ] court within [For the use of מִבֵּית לְ = within, compare 1 Kings 6:16 ; Numbers 18:7 , and see Gesen; Thesaur. 1:193] the porch, which was of the like work [ i.e; the walls were covered with cedar. The reference is clearly to materials, adornment, etc; not to size]. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife [Heb. he made also a house for … whom Solomon had taken, i.e; married], like unto this porch. [This would seem to have been the private residence of the queen, not the harem where all the wives and concubines ( 1 Kings 11:3 ) were collected. It was evidently distinct from and behind the residence of the king, an arrangement which still prevails in Eastern palaces.]