2 CHRONICLES 8:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, 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.”
Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, 'My wife shall not live in the house of the LORD my God, for the places to which the ark of the LORD has come are holy' — Solomon relocated his Egyptian wife from David's city to a house built for her, as he deemed the temple's vicinity too holy for pagan associations. The theological concern: the ark (representing God's presence) sanctified nearby space; a Gentile wife should not dwell adjacent. This theological scrupulosity showed concern for cultic purity.
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