John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 7:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And his house where he dwelt, etc.] Which was properly his dwellingplace, that part of the house where he usually resided: [had] another court within the porch, which [was] of the like work; a court between that and the porch, called the inner court, (<122004>2 Kings 20:4). Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife; (see <110301>1 Kings 3:1), like unto this porch: being built of the same sort of materials, though in a different form.

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